Back to nature

Alexandra Campbell provides a comprehensive growing guide to these easy, colourful and wildlife-friendly wonders

This month, celebrate the change in season with countryside-inspired homeware designs, learn the art of still-life oil painting and decorate with classic stripes

I love this time of the year with its glorious autumn colour. It’s when my borders are full of saturated reds and purples. Now my perennial plants have reached their full height, many flowering above

With drier springs becoming the norm, autumn is now the prime season for action in the garden

Textiles house Ian Sanderson has boosted its popular Complements family of fabrics with the Beyond Complements range, which gives a new spin on six original designs: Olmo, Elney, Nettie, Reel Stripe,

Nothing beats home-grown crops for flavour, but if a kitchen garden with its regimented rows of fruit and vegetables doesn’t appeal, then consider creating a pretty potager