When the temperature drops, how do Britain’s birds, beasts and plants keep the chill at bay? John Lewis-Stempel reveals Nature’s own thermals

Have your very own Winter Watch at home and look out for some garden visitors in the coming weeks and months

John and Jenny Brett have created an all-year garden design at St Mary’s, combining formal plant structures with colourful insect-friendly perennials, but in winter, when dusted with white and dancing with shadows, the garden shimmers

Plants that glitter brightly under a layer of frost

RED FOX

The quiet beauty of winter sets the stage in this garden, where topiary shapes and the borrowed landscape are the main performers