New gardener Sarah Bird discovers that her baby rowan tree has dressed up rather glam all of a sudden.

Plant a Barberry in your garden for a burst of fun in the winter.

Ken Marten fills fishbowls with fabulous flowers for this month’s Think Outside the Vase.

Fancy a flotilla of papery seedheads sailing across your beds in late winter? Meet the most architectural seed pod of all, perennial honesty.

The mysterious ‘Rolet’ summer squash turns out to be a keeper: and it lasts pretty well into the winter as well. Here’s our review.

Oh go on: we know you’re dying to sneak some flowers into your winter garden. So here’s the loveliest you’ll find: the winter-flowering Camellia sasanqua.

There’s no such thing as a dull winter garden when you can plant it up with the horticultural equivalent of glow sticks. Meet our fabulous flame-barked friends: dogwoods, willows and brambles.

Fancy a bit of winter glam in your garden? It’s time to start scrubbing up your silver birches.

Winter’s here, so it’s time to accessorise your garden with fabulous sparkling sorbus berries.

Fancy a few fractals for supper? Vegalicious have created a gorgeous dish starring the fractal vegetable Romanesco, a scattering of black olives and pine nuts, and some homemade pesto pasta.

There’s a reason I’m not a food blogger. I lack the required domestic genes. I love food. I love beautiful food. But I can’t create beautiful food. I try. Truly. I drool over slick foodie magazines. I bookmark lovely recipes from my favorite food blogs, like The Pioneer Woman or Orangette. In fact, the vanilla [...]

Ready to fall in love with an autumn plant made of the fantastic? Meet the Spindleberry.