When Jackie Michelmore and her husband bought a derelict mussel works on the banks of an estuary, their friends thought they might have been drinking the seawater and gone a bit mad.

Perseverance paid off when Samantha Hayes jumped on the garden bandwagon.

Cucumbers are the perfect plant for the summer party season.

Get in touch with the artistry of nature at the Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens exhibition.

Vegetables grow better behind shelter but a windbreak doesn't have to be conventional.

A New Zealand couple have produced the first vanilla crop outside the tropics.

Photos from designer Dave Domoney's manly garden.

We profile four women with great ambitions to save the planet, keep us healthy and make us feel good — preferably all at the same time.

Deborah Telford joins the world's biggest garden party.

Multiplication is a cheap and easy trick for giving your outside space an instant sense of confident swagger.