Features

Gardeners are on the front line when it comes to caring for nature. Geoff Stonebanks shares his take on gardening with a greener approach.

Seven of the best shrubs for autumn colour for UK gardens. These plants will bring stunning colour to your garden in autumn.

Give your garden birds the very best support to see them through autumn and winter says Jean Vernon.

Autumn is the perfect season for planting shrubs and trees. Andy McIndoe gives his advice and top tips for planting, and his 5 favourite shrubs.

Gardens close to woodlands and countryside can offer ideal sites for owl boxes.

Gardeners grow roses mostly for their flowers, but many have fantastic, ornamental hips that extend the season.

Debi Holland shares some simple but powerful ways to make your garden a magnet for birds.

Debi Holland chooses five autumn bulbs for spring.

Keeping the borders looking great into autumn, can be a challenge. Geoff Stonebanks has learned the hard way and now offers advice on extending the summer garden display.

Leiths Cookery writer Max Clark shares her love of apples with a tasty recipe for spiced, bittersweet apple, pear and damson chutney.

While they can be entertaining and fun to watch, most gardeners don’t feed the birds to fatten up the squirrels.

Geoff Stonebanks share’s his advice for planting bulbs in pots and containers

Jean Vernon explains the lasagne technique when it comes to planting bulbs

Jean Vernon gives some advice on how you can add extra nesting habitats and shelter for wildlife in your garden.

Geoff Stonebanks has some advice on how to make your garden more resilient, ensuring it can adapt, survive and recover from extreme weather.

After months of hard work, it’s time to reap the rewards of your labour. Martyn Cox helps you harvest, ripen and store your vegetables.

The Autumn leaves are falling, the nights are drawing in but that doesn’t mean you have to stop gardening.

Geoff Hodge explains how to get your lawn into shape this autumn.

There’s an autumnal feel in the air, but that doesn’t mean summer is over. Jean Vernon chooses a few plants that will keep the season going for a longer lasting display.

Plan ahead for a fabulous spring display by planting bulbs.

There’s more to radishes than a just a quick filler crop or something for the children’s garden. Vicki Cooke extolls the virtues of the humble radish.

This easy recipe for aubergine ‘caviar’ uses the microwave and will be ready in minutes – perfect for serving as a summer’s lunch for friends and family.

Lawns form the very heart of the garden. Keep yours looking great with some late summer care with these tips from Andy McIndoe.

Geoff Hodge helps us embrace the change of season and keep the last traces of summer going

Encourage more butterflies into your garden by choosing plants with nectar rich flowers

Five ways to garden for health and wellbeing-simple ways to incorporate atmosphere and calm in a small space.