This issue, we’re celebrating all things new, so why not explore some of the exciting new gardens that are open to visitors this year? New gardens in London include the forward-looking Carbon Garden,

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Find out which early species to watch for, how to make your patch more butterfly-friendly and where to record your sightings for science

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Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them

Position logs randomly around garden borders rather than in neat piles to recreate the way they fall naturally from trees in the wild. You could artfully arrange them around spring-flowering plants or