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Mary Keen visits Garden & Wood, the mecca for dedicated gardeners who prefer using tools made in the 1940s

To walk around a midwinter garden on a fine day when everything has shrunk down to its essential elements is like walking around a gallery. You can take your time, see things with fresh eyes and be ch

P leached trees are often described as ‘hedges on stilts’. But that somewhat prosaic description doesn’t do justice to just how versatile, useful and beautiful an artfully pleached tree can be. Specia

The holy grail for garden owners and designers alike is to plant an outdoor space that looks beautiful 365 days a year, but few pull it off. Unless, of course, your name is Piet Oudolf, the legendary

Winter is for restoration. The garden is pared back and elemental: everything is visible and in its stillness there’s time to reflect on the preceding year and to imagine and plan the year to come. Ye

There is a van in John Little’s garden. That information may not seem so surprising perhaps, until you learn that the van in question isn’t simply parked. It is semi-submerged, with greenery growing o