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I love a challenge,” says Clare Matterson, which is lucky. Since she took over as director general of the RHS in 2022, times have been tough. Roadworks have cost an estimated £11 million in lost reven

On the south-western edge of St Albans, winding paths lead into a heart-warming garden that embraces autumn flowers and family memories. The borders are as vibrant and colourful as most gardens’ in mi

The head of gardens and parks at the National Trust on developing climate-resilient gardens and worrying less about our choices I spent time in the garden with my mum when I was young, but I drifted a

Hidden away, one keen gardener has created a lush oasis of rare and unusual plants

Garden designer Tom Hoblyn is mad about plants from the Mediterranean. During his prestigious Kew Diploma, he worked in Cabo de Gata in Spain, famously the driest place on the Iberian Peninsula. The w

Monika Barry, head gardener at the National Trust’s Ham House and Garden in Richmond, talks autumn colours and the joy of an allotment