Want to create space and colour and harvest your own firewood? Coppicing trees and shrubs is well worth the effort Let the sunshine in: more light will encourage new plants to colonise Credit: Photo: ...

Most of the topics in these columns are inspired by my own current gardening activities, whether in my own or another garden. Currently, I am engaged in the rejuvenation pruning of a large shrub, so ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After a year pruning shrubs, dividing and moving herbaceous plants and clearing layers of debris, I have a feel ...

The blue-green foliage of eucalyptus is a favorite among florists and adds gorgeous texture to gardens.

Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...

The concept of a coppice was practically in my DNA as I was growing up. That is because I was raised in Hampshire in the middle of the biggest hazel coppice area of the country. Later I learnt how ...

Early spring is whack-it-back time. The tall and leggy, overgrown and ungainly shrubs with dead branches or trees with multiple water sprouts rising from their bases or branches (crabapples are ...