I felt like i had struck gold

Inspired by tropical travels, one gardening enthusiast transformed a sandy Leicestershire plot into a colourful, plant-packed paradise for all ages

Take a peek behind the scenes of our latest issue with the writers and photographers who made it happen

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In December 1997, we moved from a tiny London garden to our new home, Old Park Barn in Buckinghamshire. It was daunting – a huge leap of faith from gardening in an urban courtyard to essentially an ov

Legend has it that the Garden of Eden wasn’t a myth, but a real place hidden in the Indian Ocean. Standing under the prehistoric canopy of the Vallée de Mai in the Seychelles, it’s easy to see why Gen

When writer Sheila M Averbuch and her husband moved into their Pencaitland home in East Lothian over 20 years ago, the garden was little more than a flat upper lawn with a steep slope down to the bung