With temperatures dropping, here’s how to turn your home into a botanical paradise

In winter, when the art school here at Benton End closed for the year and the garden fell quiet, Cedric Morris would head to warmer climes to escape the chill of his 16th-century house, but also to pa

REAL readers' gardens! Putting the garden to bed ...

Make life lovely

Amy McCormack, senior gardener at the National Trust’s Anglesey Abbey, on planting for winter colour and scent and protecting perennials from frost

I really enjoy the pace of the garden in winter. Yes, there are things to do but it never feels rushed, and with my busy work schedule it’s the only time I can have two full weeks at home. Mrs Frost l