Garden gate

Autumn and winter tend to be the seasons when the structure of a garden is most appreciated. Frost picks out the shapes of evergreen shrubs and hedging, and sun pierces through a filigree of bare bran

The grass is greener

AS we draw this year’s season of gardening columns to a close, I thought I’d update readers on this year’s major project: improving and replacing the raised beds in my Secret Garden. The Secret Garden

The usual choice of clothing when gardening is an old loose-fitting set of clothes such as pair of mended jeans and moth-eaten jumper. It’s only when you wear an item designed specifically for gardeni

It’s sometimes said that a good plant dies gracefully, and that a plant that looks good in death is a valuable addition to the garden through the colder months. There’s truth in this and when autumn b

SOMETIMES, it is difficult to remember how we ...