House martins can often still be found in October as they wait for their last brood to fledge, find out what you can do in ...

Get one free entry with one full-paying adult, with your Gardeners’ World Magazine 2-for-1 entry card. Valid at 407 gardens. In harmony with the 600-year-old cottage are nine acres of flower-filled ...

Visit some of the most beautiful gardens around the world with the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast. In our new series, Travel Tales: Gardens of the World, we’ll transport you to tropical ...

Murder mysteries… poisonous potions… mind altering… wily witchcraft… crime-solving… hedgerow pleasures… perilous industries… plant pursuing. Plants have the capacity to hold secrets, kill, enchant, ...

Built in 1717, the walled garden features cottage-garden planting with mature fruit trees and a wisteria-clad pergola leading to richly planted herbaceous borders. There’s also a herb garden, heritage ...

The cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) is native to Western Asia and Southeast Europe but was introduced to Britain in the 16th century and has naturalised here. It's frequently found growing wild as ...

Painting pumpkins for Halloween is a fun alternative to carving them, and is easier, too. Pumpkin painting makes the perfect half term activity for children of all ages. There are lots of ideas to try ...

This wildlife haven was created over 30 years ago in an old quarry, once full of rubbish and cars. Now the six acres of tranquil pools, streams, trees and flowering shrubs are alive with birds, ...

Towering bamboos, tree ferns, lush palms, bananas and waterlilies give the feel of an exotic paradise. Despite their tropical appearance, most of the plants are hardy, thriving outside all year round.

Overlooking the Big Pool, these terraced gardens are full of colour, with azaleas and rhododendrons bursting into bloom in spring. The bog garden is a lush oasis, vegetables aplenty are raised in the ...

An intimate 19th-century garden planted by botanist George Maw, full of interesting plants. His passion for bulbs lives on in the extensive collection of crocuses, which bloom in spring and autumn.

Chamaecyparis are coniferous trees originating mainly from countries bordering the Pacific ocean, growing in forests in Japan, Taiwan and the West coast of America. There are five species, but ...