Winter may feel like it’s outstaying its welcome, but change is stirring in the garden. There are glimpses of spring in our re-awakening gardens. The first daffodils in bloom, fragrant flowering daphne, the cup-shaped flowers of the winter rose (hellebore), early flowering magnolia, tree buds swelling and more and more outbursts of birdsong.

The February garden is sunfilled and feeling the heat. Summer flowers are embracing the summer sun and feeling very much alive,...

The joy of just ‘being’ in your garden surrounded by the symphony of birdsong. It’s such a joy wandering in my garden in the freshness of...