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

This is the month of horticultural happiness, and with everything looking fresh, green and lush, even the burgeoning weeds become – briefly – delightful additions to the garden. Selfheal sprouts gaily

As soon as temperatures start to shift from single figures towards double digits, lawns across the country begin to grow. Spring is the season ardent lawn lovers look forward to most, the time when mo

Tim Martin, National Trust head gardener at Greys Court in Oxfordshire, on the joys of spring and the beauty of slow gardening

There are some vegetables that thrive in the cold, but unless you aspire to self-sufficiency Tom Coward recommends caution when sowing very early in the year. “It’s a mistake, although we always do it

Planting schemes should never stand still, so let’s reassess, reshape and reinvigorate