Rhs education: “learning with the rhs has given me so much confidence”

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

Broadcaster Zoe Ball says she has been filling her new-found freedom since leaving BBC Radio 2 with time spent gardening. And she’s not the only one who loves to pull on their gardening gloves and get

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

W ith Adam Frost

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or