There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

Scrambling over supports and into trees, these plants are a true delight of the season, says Sue Fisher

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

Work your way through your borders, removing dandelion flowerheads before they get the chance to set seed. Flowers of dandelions are a useful source of early nectar for pollinators but if they are abl

Liz has chosen her top varieties that offer food, shelter, or both, to our feathered friends