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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

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

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

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

Here’s how to create the ultimate 360 space using every unloved corner and shaded nook to make the most of your outdoor area

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