Decades of regular mowing left my front lawn looking bare and sterile, writes Jo Cartmell. But in fact, the exhausted, infertile soil made it the perfect place for a host of wild flowers to take up ...

Ask a group of gardeners what picture is conjured up in their mind’s eye when you say the word “meadow” and their answers will be surprisingly diverse. For some, it is the seductive image of a ...

I’ve always loved litanies, but the greatest one I ever heard is the authentic sound of England. It is a far cry from the sound of breaking glass and the crackle of burning electrics, and it is by way ...