Nothing beats homegrown flowers for beauty, variety and scent. Tiffany Daneff asks three British growers for the best advice on starting your own cutting garden.
The exotic snake’s-head fritillary is the only British native of 130 bulbs in this fascinating family, many of which deserve a place in the garden. John Hoyland, garden adviser at Glyndebourne in East Sussex, recommends the best and shares tips on how to grow them, with additional tips from botanical artist and Fritillaria specialist Laurence Hill.
Charles Quest-Ritson is man who literally wrote the book on roses — several of them, actually — but he'll openly concede that his best efforts in Hampshire are as nothing compared to the best Australia has to offer.
If you are new to foraging, wild garlic is the ideal place to start says Mark Diacono.
Charles Quest-Ritson tells the tale of a snowdrop that proved a painfully elusive wintry delight.
Mark Diacono on Martin Crawford, the man who has inspired him for decades.
Keeping on top of the gardening jobs can be daunting, and it's all too easy to let things slide in one area or another for a month or two.
As the gardening takes a back seat and the sofa and the fire beckon, Alan recommends some of his favourite books to while away the long winter nights.
Our look at the best garden and nature articles of the last year from Country Life includes some very special gardens indeed.
Charles Quest-Ritson pays tribute to the great Hans Hachmann, the most important plantsman you've probably never heard of.
Glamorous? Surprisingly, yes, since a Hollywood superstar agrees heartily with Mark Diacono about compost.
Resist the urge to tidy the garden and, come the frosts, you will be rewarded with a glorious display of glittering seedheads, says Steven Desmond.
Timothy Mowl looks at Mounton, a house created by Henry Avray Tipping, who served as architectural editor of Country Life over a century ago.
Alan Titchmarsh's father wasn't much of a gardener — but further back in his family tree were many green-fingered forbears, and he still uses many of their tools despite them being over a century old.
This typically-dark city back garden in Kensington has been transformed with a tapestry of foliage. Tiffany Daneff takes a look at how it was done, and discovers the ten rules that we can draw from this beautiful creation in the heart of W8.
Charles Quest-Ritson loves almost all flowers. And the emphasis this week is very much on 'almost'.
Pick the right varieties and next year you could be enjoying fresh raspberries for months instead of weeks, explains Mark Diacono.
John Hoyland, the gardens adviser at Glyndebourne in East Sussex, on clematis.
