The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden… plus her diary for the week!

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

Turn unsightly views and clutter into distant memories with clever planting, camouflaging and creative screens

I’m bringing my summer stars

As well as being a visual feast, a garden can become a fragrant haven, says Heloise Brooke, head gardener at the National Trust’s Calke Abbey in Derbyshire. Here, she advises on plants to include for year-round perfume promise

Keeping cats away Having three cats, I cannot ...