“studies have shown it can have real benefits”

Campaign urges government and councils to ramp up community food growing, reports Ian Hodgson

Broadcaster Zoe Ball says she has been filling her new-found freedom since leaving BBC Radio 2 with time spent gardening. And she’s not the only one who loves to pull on their gardening gloves and get

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.

Reader Steve Watkin from County Durham explains why new skills and sustainability make growing such a joy

Creaky knees, rickety wrists, dodg y eyesight or an achy back? Worry not. So long as you have green fingers, you can still achieve miracles in the garden. Our experts show you how