From drought to deluge, future-proof your plot with resilient plants, smarter watering and flexible gardening

Kay Maynard explains how her first-ever garden has become a wildlife-friendly haven with year-round interest

In this new series, I’ll explore just how clever plants are, the complex ways in which they respond to the environment around them, the adaptations they make and the survival strategies they employ. I

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden… plus her diary for the week!

Erysimum Rysi Copper One of the definitions of a wallflower is that of a shy and awkward person with whom nobody wants to dance: I am sure we have all felt like that at some point in our adolescence.

Amid a rugged landscape, this detailed garden in south-west Scotland is full of glorious spring blossom