Back to life

Amy McPherson explores the importance of the lost kelp forests and how they are making a return

I don’t get to walk through the 17 acres of gardens at Bressingham every day, but sometimes I am able to enjoy a walk on a frosty morning in midwinter as the sun comes up over the horizon. On a frosty

Step into a magical winter garden in the Weald of Kent, where cyclamens, hellebores and crocuses add splashes of pink and purple to the white carpet of snowdrops

Over half the trees in Kew Gardens could be dead before the end of the century. You’d think they’d be better plant protectors at the Royal Botanic Gardens, but this isn’t botched botany – Kew just mon

To walk around a midwinter garden on a fine day when everything has shrunk down to its essential elements is like walking around a gallery. You can take your time, see things with fresh eyes and be ch

The search for still-life subjects led the artist Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country, discovers Tiffany Daneff