The countryside in… june

Non Morris reveals the techniques behind the contemporary take on William Robinson’s original idea of naturalising bulbs in long grass, creating an effect even more dazzling than a meadow

Kari-Astri Davies considers choosing tulips to fire up her beds in the wake of bulb-buying frustration

REAL readers' gardens!

Despite wandering as far afield as north Norfolk, Mike still finds local birding very much to his taste

August has a reputation among followers of the natural world for being something of a non-event, but, with a sickle in his hand, John Lewis-Stempel is granted a glimpse of a magical underworld in a field of ripe wheat

Karen Youngs revels in the changing landscape and encounters a handsome game bird on a morning walk