Gardening: a splash of summer colour
When it comes to garden envy, nothing excites my green-eyed monster more than Longmeadow. What Sir...
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Gardening is good
It may sound a bit twee, but my garden is my sanctuary. Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, overworked or overwrought, I open the back door, step outside and immediately feel better. The mental health benefits of gardens and...
Read MoreGardening is glorious
My Gran used to say that the best thing about gardening was the anticipation. For much of her life her only outside area was a backyard in Newcastle, but it was always bursting with colour, a handkerchief-sized space that was...
Read MorePhoto Gallery: RHS Garden Bridgewater, Salford
With all the sunshine lately, there’s been no better time to take a stroll around the stunning RHS Garden Bridgewater in Salford. It’s one of the largest garden projects undertaken in Europe in recent years and is a...
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Gardening: The monster within
In the Agatha Christie novel Nemesis, Miss Marple receives a posthumous request: she must...
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