Sunny plants for shady places

There’s a plant for almost every type of shady spot, but it pays to give the soil a helping hand


A lab in the dark

Foraging for mushrooms can be perilous, but a sustainable food production venture has launched growing kits to help you harvest oyster mushrooms at home


Picture perfect

Is your garden looking its absolute best at the moment? An award-winning photographer gives advice on how to take a greatpicture of it, rather than just a good one


Piet Oudolf’s New Wave

Leader of the New Perennial Movement, designer Piet Oudolf is a pioneer of the growing trend for experimental landscapes




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