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

Karen Rogers and her husband Robert downsized to a townhouse and turned a small, paved courtyard garden into a little oasis

Tired of a garden they never used, Matthew Childs’ clients were faced with a decision to either move home, or invest in an upgrade. They chose the latter and asked Matthew what he could do with their

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

There is no doubting that spring has arrived at Westwood House in Shropshire as a rainbow of tulips flower in borders, and the orchard comes alive with daffodils and blossom on the bough

To hide my new garden’s nakedness, I planted trees. Damson and mirabelle plum, ‘Discovery’ and reinette apples, two pears, a quince and a ‘Nottingham’ medlar. There was a purple-leaved filbert, a ‘Che