Though January 1 marks the start of our calendar year, spring feels like the time when things really get going, as forests awaken, flowers bloom, migrating birds (swallows, swifts, warblers…) return f

I am very much a spring flower, says our columnist

As the days stretch out, so does our sense of possibility – brighter mornings, longer evenings and more time to focus on ourselves

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Spring is in the air already for Joe Swift , who says go wild and have some fun in your garden

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag