In December 2025, Storm Bram battered Britain, bringing 90mph winds and severe flooding. The River Ouse swept through the historic city of York, and water spewed out of culverts and submerged streets

This issue, we’re celebrating all things new, so why not explore some of the exciting new gardens that are open to visitors this year? New gardens in London include the forward-looking Carbon Garden,

Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

Charities unveil new horticultural gems to explore this year, reports Ian Hodgson

Tim Martin, National Trust head gardener at Greys Court in Oxfordshire, on the joys of spring and the beauty of slow gardening

In December 1997, we moved from a tiny London garden to our new home, Old Park Barn in Buckinghamshire. It was daunting – a huge leap of faith from gardening in an urban courtyard to essentially an ov