Journal
Notes from the barn
Guides for your own garden, from planting a hedge to choosing stone, written by the people who do it every day.
Planting a bare-root hedge
Why winter is the time for hedges, how many plants a metre, and the one mistake that kills more hedges than anything else.
Choosing stone for a terrace
Sandstone, limestone, slate, granite or porcelain: how each one looks wet and dry, how it weathers, and what it costs to lay.
Members only
Our winter pruning calendar
What we prune in which week from November to March, from apple trees to wisteria, and what we leave well alone. For members.
Seasonal notes, four times a year
What to do in the garden that season, one planting combination we love and the gardens we've just finished.