Adapted to extremes

Keen collectors sooner or later find their way to the outstanding trees and shrubs at Bluebell Arboretum in Derbyshire, writes Charles Quest-Ritson. It’s a wonderful sight at this time of year

In a setting as muscular and magnificent as the Highlands of Scotland, making a garden that feels proportionate to that landscape, but with its own personality, is no mean feat. Yet on this project in

It should come as no surprise at all that the garden at Pitlowie House is filled with varied planting – especially of interesting trees and shrubs. It belongs to garden photographer Ray Cox and his wi

The best of the season to inspire and admire

Toby explains how plants and trees set up natural defences and outlines what we can do to help

Some mountains live up to their names better than others. BEN MORE is one that certainly does, but first we need some disambiguation: exactly which Ben More are we talking about?