Help! veg patch sos june plot

Make the most of a small garden with careful planting and good design. Sue Bradley explains how

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With its colourful façades, lush gardens and striking views, Portmeirion belongs on the Italian Riviera, but this work of art was built in Wales

Plant heaven

Anticipation starts to build every autumn, when the Royal Horticultural Society announces the gardens for its Chelsea Flower Show, which runs from 20 to 24 May. Between then and the show’s gates openi

Beer comes in a bewilderment of varieties, produced on a giant scale or in tiny microbreweries. Such dominance isn’t bad for a drink supped for more than 10,000 years, writes Clare Hunt