Green scene

Ciaran Taylor, National Trust head gardener at the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, on wildlife, spring jobs and making your own fertiliser

At a time when it can feel as if we’re all more disconnected than ever, we meet three women helping others in their own unique and special way…

INSIGHT

"Dad used to call me a feckless environmentalist,” Hugh Crossley says warmly of his father, the 3rd Baron Somerleyton. “But he was a conservationist in his own way – he’s the reason we have good hedge

From you to us

For millions, a visit to the garden centre is part of life’s rhythm. According to the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), 68 per cent of adults made up the 203 million visits to the UK’s 1,500 gar