Nature A garden should primarily be for enjoyment New gardeners should first ask themselves how they want their space to feel, before seeking advice on what to grow. By Alice Vincent
Fifty years of Richard Mabey’s Food for Free How the author’s 1972 guide to foraging anticipated today’s appetite for local, seasonal and sustainable eating. By Alice Vincent
I have relinquished control of my garden – and what it has done is beautiful I would have preferred the poppies to have returned rather than the tree spinach, but the pink hollyhocks are… By Alice Vincent
Be your own florist – it’s simple and sustainable Maintaining a few scruffy flower beds banishes the need for shop-bought bouquets. By Alice Vincent
A shadow hangs over this year’s Chelsea Flower Show – our climate crisis Chelsea was always ecologically problematic, but it feels impossible now to view it simply as a pretty flower show. By Alice Vincent
Putting the front garden front and centre Inspired and energised, I’ve decided to give our neglected yard the love it deserves. By Alice Vincent
How flowers have always grown among the devastation of war Sunflowers have been part of Ukraine’s cultural identity for centuries, and since the Russian invasion they have come to… By Alice Vincent
After a season of little contact, my garden and I are in conversation again In those first hopeful and clear-skied days of February I felt a rush of affection for my scruffy little… By Alice Vincent
Confined to my house, I am giddy with excitement for the world beyond it I’ve spent the endless hours of self-isolation gazing at the paperwhites on my mantlepiece, watching their silhouettes shift and… By Alice Vincent