Urban oasis

A meeting at a Royal Horticultural Society show in the sumptuous surroundings of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire brought together garden designer Phil Hirst and garden owners Alan and Mandy Peel, who w

An anonymous online statement about Fort reads thus: “While he didn’t specifically focus on horticulture, his work, particularly in books like The Book of the Damned often touched upon unusual natural

Striking pops of autumnal colour, brilliant ideas for small shady spaces and even a wildlife pond in a pot – this urban oasis has it all…

Natural perennial planting, with light-diffusing grasses and pools of burnished colour, has elevated a relaxed Sussex farmhouse plot

A well-designed garden project can prove almost as much work as building or renovating a house but it will extend living space outdoors and improve the outlook, as these projects demonstrate

As the sun rises over Mollan House in Thornhill, Iain Howieson is already out in the three-acre garden he shares with his wife Ruth. For an hour or so each day he wanders the paths that wind through t