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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Also known as orchid cacti, epiphyllum cacti are tropical, succulent plants with a trailing habit and large, showy flowers. They're native to the rainforests of Central and South America, but in the ...

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 ...

Lombardy poplar or Italian poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) is a fast-growing deciduous tree with a tall and slender habit, its branches growing almost vertical to the trunk. It's a common sight in ...

Plant orange lily in a sunny area with well-drained soil. Orange lily will grow in acid or alkaline soil, but for those with heavy clay soil, they are better grown in containers. Orange lily can be ...