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 ...

Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) is a short-lived hardy perennial, loved for its showy display of colourful summer flowers. The foliage forms low rosettes of non-spreading, mid-green or bronze-green ...

Magnolias are beautiful shrubs and ornamental trees that bring a touch of show-stopping glamour to the garden. Their sumptuous, tulip- or star-like flower colours range from pure white through pink to ...

There's no garden tool more essential than the trusty trowel. It's perfect for planting in both borders and containers, but is also great for weeding, getting bulbs in at the right depth, scooping ...

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 ...