‘the allotment is creating a ripple of good for the community’

Four years ago, Joy Lewty, 62, from Garforth, Leeds, was handed a pack of seeds. That simple gesture set in motion a chain of events that would change her life.

The theme for this year’s National Allotments Week, from 11 to 17 August, is Wellbeing. Five women reveal how their lives have changed for the better by spending time on their plot

Creaky knees, rickety wrists, dodg y eyesight or an achy back? Worry not. So long as you have green fingers, you can still achieve miracles in the garden. Our experts show you how

Andrew Oldham is busy bringing together vegetables and flowers to make the most of a sloping site

What better way to relax – and pick up some great ideas at the same time – than visiting a wonderful NGS garden?

Why volunteering in our wild places does as much for you as it does for the mountains.