Behind the scenes with... rekha mistry

Spring is unfurling in Fiona Cumberpatch’s container garden in Lincolnshire and she’s appreciating every small stage

This month, Lalage impatiently awaits the start of the growing season, busying herself sowing seeds indoors, nourishing the soil in the potager beds, and spreading gravel for pathways, as her plans begin to take shape

When I was brought up in a tiny village in Hampshire in the 1950s and 60s, even the smallest cottages had gardens big enough for large vegetable plots. I remember one January day walking into a neighb

Time to wake up! Olga Grieves is getting busy as everything is springing to life

In the chilly winter months, there’s a delightful garden task that doesn’t require a woolly hat or thermals, just a cup of coffee, a notepad and pen and, ideally, a roaring fire (all right, perhaps a

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