LOUISE MIDGLEY checks out the new plants and products to brighten and enliven your garden this spring Desdemona (Musk Hybrid) Rosarians will covet the three new English Roses being introduced to the extensive collection of David Austin Roses, this season. My absolute...
Snowdrops are at their most magnificent in February and worth seeking out in gardens across the country says LOUISE MIDGLEY Snowdrops defy winter; their noses push through the ground as early as December and by February these delicate, resilient little plants are in...
LOUISE MIDGLEY selects her favourite National Trust houses and a forest which have been chosen as locations for a recent crop of new films Mr Turner (2014) Petworth House and Park, West Sussex, GU28 OAE Written and directed by Mike Leigh, this biographical drama film...
LOUISE MIDGLEY steps back in time with a visit to historic Middlethorpe Hall in York As the mellow brick facade of Middlethorpe Hall came into view I had every expectation that this majestic country pile would be the ideal venue for my husband and I to recharge our...
Statuesque, sculptural and seasonally evergreen, holly bears the crown in any winter landscape says LOUISE MIDGLEY but you need to plant soon to guarantee a berry Christmas It’s only after the leaves have fallen and perennials have retreated underground that the bare...
