Peace and quiet

Discover how gardening helps foster friendships, community spirit and meaningful collaborations

At 42 Acres in Somerset, guests can create their own mini apothecary using plants gathered from rewilded land. Rhiannon Batten immerses herself in the healing hideaway

WELLBEING NOTES

The head of gardens and parks at the National Trust on developing climate-resilient gardens and worrying less about our choices I spent time in the garden with my mum when I was young, but I drifted a

Community gardening could be the antidote to London’s loneliness crisis, says Dan Masoliver, bringing neighbours together through nature and nurture

Walking around the room, Lucy Ashton watches people gently arrange stems of dahlias, snapdragons and rosemary. The air smells faintly of lavender. Someone leans over to compliment a neighbour’s bouque