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The media personality and head gardener for Crocus on better on-screen representation and the therapeutic benefits of gardening I grew up in a council flat in South London. The old lady downstairs let

AT the beginning of 2025, I started sowing the seeds of something new. It was a project that needed time, attention and patience to grow, and one I found myself nurturing and learning from as the mont

Shall I tell you how my pests and diseases fetish started?” asks Pippa Greenwood, with typical ebullience. “I was probably five years old and walked past a greengrocer that had an amazing array of ora

At a time when it can feel as if we’re all more disconnected than ever, we meet three women helping others in their own unique and special way…

I like the slow-quick-slow burn of early spring, with the leaves unfurling slowly but surely. Some plants are decidedly cautious; whitebeams and catalpa won’t show themselves for weeks, while impatien

Multi-award-winning garden designer Ann-Marie Powell is well-known in gardening circles for her exuberant style. But as she admits in her new book, it took her ‘far too long to stop worrying about wha