“we’re passionate about plants”

What better way to relax – and pick up some great ideas at the same time – than visiting a wonderful NGS garden?

Four years ago, Joy Lewty, 62, from Garforth, Leeds, was handed a pack of seeds. That simple gesture set in motion a chain of events that would change her life.

News that Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight has just planted the first citrus grove in the UK made the front pages recently, with the tabloids trumpeting an exciting future where we bask in

Macplants is located near Edinburgh and offers a bountiful selection of carefully chosen, garden-worthy plants – good, robust varieties, as well as some slightly quirkier, unusual or newer options. Th

The role of plants in human wellbeing is forefront at this year’s show, reports Ian Hodgson

Create a sensational summer display to ramp up your garden’s exotic flavour