Into the garden april’s full awakening

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

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

BOOK OF THE MONTH A Moment in Time: Designing a Country Garden by Kathryn Herman (Rizzoli International Publications) A richly detailed look at the making of a country garden over many years. Herman s

What to plant, pot and prune this month, plus a few treats to buy and inspiration further afield

I like unusual words and there are a couple that seem appropriate for this time of year. March, we know, is a fickle beast, where the weather can flicker from T-shirt to thermals in the course of a da

It’s all systems grow in Fiona’s small, town garden in Lincolnshire now that spring is here