This narrow, once-featureless garden has been transformed into a beautiful wildlife-friendly space that kicks off the year with a gorgeous show of blossom

Richard Bowman tells how anyone can follow their passion to create the garden of their dreams

First plant love The first plant I bought was an Iceberg rose. I went through a phase of being snooty about roses, but I love them now, especially species and old roses. Biggest inspiration My father.

The garden designer and TV presenter who is campaigning to make a metre matter

The founder of White House Farm Garden and Arboretum in Kent on his enduring love of woody plants and hopes for the future I grew up amid rolling farmland, surrounded by birds, flowers and trees, and

Over four decades one couple have packed their shady garden with a multitude of unusual foliage plants and woodland treasures