There is no doubt that 2026 will be different. As the year ends in the garden that I’ve created and tended over the past 23 years, a new challenge is waiting in the wings. We are moving from the chalk

A plant-packed suburban garden in London that is accessible all year.

The festivities are over, but there’s thankfully lots to do in the garden. You may remember that last year we started landscaping our garden, which we finished planting up in November. So, this is the

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

Happy New Year, to our Grow Your Own friends! Oscar and I are back down at the allotment, boots crunching on frosty ground, breath fogging in the sharp January air, and already buzzing for another bus

Mike Palmer explains how to prune, plan, polish and prepare for 2026