The secret lives of seashells

Don’t miss out on these JOYOUS BLOOMS, even if you only plant one potful. Here’s all you need to know

Raised in New York, Coralie worked at Wave Hill Garden in the Bronx before joining the team at Great Dixter House & Gardens in 2016, first as a scholar and now as assistant head gardener Pelargonium ‘

There’s nothing more infuriating than spending days, weeks, even months, sowing, raising and nurturing plants, just for them to be wiped out overnight by pests. However, it can be even more frustratin

When buying a tin of paint, it can be easy to take for granted, or simply not wonder, what ingredients might be inside. As a material that is going to be used to envelop our lives, covering the vast m

As my taxi from Lewes station speeds towards Glyndebourne, the country seat of the Christie family, and home to its eponymous opera festival, I notice a small hill with a wind turbine slowly spinning

Many plant cultivars have come and gone since Amateur Gardening was first published. Sue Bradley looks at the reasons why some are longer-lived than others and examines a few classics