York Gate, a one-acre garden near Leeds, was donated by the Spencer family in 1994 to Perennial, the charity that helps people working in horticulture and their families. While the garden was develope

The flowers that grace the garden in autumn and winter tend to be modest, demure little things. Although the glamorous, fragrant blooms of Camellia sasanqua are not short on delicacy, low-key they are

The days might be cold and grey but your outside space can still bring you joy – there are sturdy, vigorous plants that will fill it with beauty and heart-lifting colour…

Brighten the dark days — and lift your spirits — with the blazing colours of dogwoods, bamboos and brambles

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

This is my annual guilty pleasure. By early December I am as frantic as anyone. As I hurriedly plant the last of my bulbs and make sure to complete essential deadlines before the end of the year, I co