As well as being a visual feast, a garden can become a fragrant haven, says Heloise Brooke, head gardener at the National Trust’s Calke Abbey in Derbyshire. Here, she advises on plants to include for year-round perfume promise

Personalise your home’s perfume and experience the nostalgic, mood-boosting benefits of a signature scent for your surroundings

From speedy suppers to slow-cooked comfort food and indulgent cakes, these heartwarming recipes from Hari Beavis can be made using just one pan, pot, tray or tin

Louise Curley celebrates spring’s homegrown and low-carbon blooms, showing how to pick for months and arrange them in garden-gathered style

The sweet violet, Viola odorata, may be a diminutive flower, but its small, slightly asymmetrical, pansy-like flowers are highly fragrant. They open in early spring before most plants have even though

A new cookbook selects recipes with beneficial herbs and plants from top chefs, for dishes that are as delicious as they are health-giving. That’s culinary magic