Make your 2020 garden the best yet with Elly West’s month-by-month task planner
While it’s generally a quiet and contemplative month in the garden, January ...
Created in one sitting, rather than having evolved, there’s a logic to the ordered, meaningful gardens at The Newt – where there are hundreds of apple varietie...
They’re called feathered friends for a reason, says Elly West. This month our gardening columnist is urging us to do our bit to help birds’ survival this winte...
Seasonal advice from the Berwick Lodge gardener
Lawn careIt’s important to aerate the lawn at this time of year. After months of footfall the grass will hav...
Angela Terry, founder of climate action website One Home, offers some ideas on how to have a Halloween that is green rather than obscene
This time of year i...
“To me, an object that was once the height of elegance but is now a bit battered has far more allure than something brand new,” says Pearl Lowe, the Frome-base...
England may not be the first place we think of when it comes to wine production says Elly West, but tucked away in Redhill, south of Bristol, is a thriving vin...
There’s something very British about an allotment site, and these hidden sanctuaries, featuring familiar and comforting sights, are increasing in number once a...
A city covered in scaffolding, Bristol is transforming before our very eyes. But, if you take to the streets, it isn’t just the skyline that’s changing, as Mal...
The gardening-show glory days of past eras may be gone but the ones that have survived make fantastic days out, says Elly West
There’s something extremely ...
Richard Brooks, head of residential at Savills Clifton, gives his top tips on how to make your property stand out on the housing market
The prime housing ma...
It’s hard to find two such unlikely bedfellows as the begonias and delphiniums at Blackmore & Langdon’s, says Elly West
Much of my work as a garden desi...
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