If you ever get up to Derbyshire, be sure to visit the gardens at Hardwick Hall. We recently visited for the first time and were very impressed, as was Chester our terrier. The house is an Elizabethan ...

In the hierarchy of tasks for the autumn garden, the job of planting spring-flowering bulbs is surely near the top. The reward for all that hard work and effort is the thrill of watching these ...

I find myself staring another birthday in the face in a month or so. It’s not the thrill it used to be. There may be cake. That would be nice, ...