Five inspiring books about gardens | Gardening advice

The Flower Yard by Arthur Parkinson Written by the “plantfluencer” and rosy-cheeked protégé of Sarah Raven, this book is a playful invitation to garden on a truly small scale. “It…

Why a glasshouse is the zenith of garden design | Gardening advice

This weekend, wandering with a good mate through the spectacular labyrinth of foliage-filled corridors that are the glasshouses of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, we got to talking about a perpetual…