Swerve the big-name gardens and put these dynamic alternatives on your must-visit list this year. Chosen by our garden writer Camilla Phelps, they offer plenty of fresh inspiration to bring back to your own plot

The search for still-life subjects led the artist Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country, discovers Tiffany Daneff

Toby Lorford was fizzing with passion and pride when I spoke to him about this collaboration, and that same vibrancy is palpable while looking at the collection. Delightfully eccentric and oh-so Engli

Giant leeks and pumpkins the size of a small car can give impression that there is something slightly comical about competitive fruit and vegetable growing. But those who take part in this cherished B

I have long been an admirer of interior designer Beata Heuman’s creative and playful style, so news of a collaboration with luxury British paint brand Mylands immediately caught my attention. The resu

Alexander Marshal–this country’s first major botanical painter–deserves to be better known, writes Tiffany Daneff, after seeing his luminous originals in the Royal Collection