Inspired by tropical travels, one gardening enthusiast transformed a sandy Leicestershire plot into a colourful, plant-packed paradise for all ages

REAL readers' gardens!

When writer Sheila M Averbuch and her husband moved into their Pencaitland home in East Lothian over 20 years ago, the garden was little more than a flat upper lawn with a steep slope down to the bung

Purple punctuates the planting: here an acer, verbena and some pinky-purple crinum, or swamp lily, stand out

REAL readers' gardens! Pruning roses A plant-packed suburban ...

The country’s Cape Floral Kingdom has incredible bloom diversity with around 9,000 species – and some make spectacular plants for our British gardens