Prep your fruit garden forspring!

Autumn and winter tend to be the seasons when the structure of a garden is most appreciated. Frost picks out the shapes of evergreen shrubs and hedging, and sun pierces through a filigree of bare bran

Toby explains how plants and trees set up natural defences and outlines what we can do to help

Looking after roses Cut back shrub ...

Autumn may be here but it’s the perfect time to fill your garden with fresh, new plants

Unusual berries, boosting soil health, saving strawberry runners and sharing seeds

There is a plum tree growing wild on wasteland with delicious fruits borne on its many suckers. If I dig up a sucker can I grow this tree in my garden or do I have to make a graft? Self-seeded plum tr