A chance purchase was the inspiration behind one gardener’s covetable country garden

A bit of a mess

Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ Forgive me please because I have, in my youth, been a bit sneery about mahonias. I recognise that this was a mistake as they have an awful lot in their favour: colour at a

Spindly to splendid These are my ‘Earthwalker’ sunflowers ...

“Breaking up is never easy, I know…” Good old Abba – always ready with an apposite lyric, though in this case I suppose it should be “Letting go is never easy” as I say farewell to the garden I have m

A plant-packed suburban garden in London that is accessible all year.