It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to allow plants to grow a little wilder for greater all-weather protection

What to plant, pot and prune this month, plus a few treats to buy and inspiration further afield

Anne explains how to get ready for the gardening season ahead

Meet House Beautiful ’s new garden columnist Adam Kirtland . This month, he shares why now’s the time to tend to your dahlias, even while the garden is still wiping the sleep from its eyes

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag