Behind the garden gate

HAVE you been on holiday this year? Whether you go on a day trip to a nearby town or city, or if you enjoy an extended stay abroad, it can be really refreshing to visit new places. For me, part of the

We may have invented the flower border, but planting them remains one of the trickiest things to get right. Charles Quest-Ritson looks at the secrets behind the very best

Every September, Heritage Open Days offers the chance to explore hundreds of gardens across England free of charge – from formal and botanical gardens to rooftop projects, secret courtyards and commun

Soak up the nostalgia of 1930s country house glamour at this year’s Harrogate Autumn Flower Show

IF your garden is anything like mine, most of the borders and pots have peaked by this time, shifting from full-on florals to fading foliage. There are a few late-to-the-party dahlias, the cosmos are

Garden designer Tom Hoblyn is mad about plants from the Mediterranean. During his prestigious Kew Diploma, he worked in Cabo de Gata in Spain, famously the driest place on the Iberian Peninsula. The w