I used to have three large Japanese maples that heeded the call to procreate very successfully. If it wasn't for me, there would be thousands of seedlings growing all over North Portland, and probably ...

Credit: Future PLC/ Colin Poole If I wanted to give a garden privacy this summer, I’d use a hedge bed like B&Q’s Bopha Rectangular Wood Trough (£54) to add instant height and structure to my borders.

Since every plant is a wildflower somewhere, one of the pluses for traveling gardeners is the opportunity to see plants in their native surroundings. Makes you realize why some of them are so ...

A century ago, rectangular stone troughs dotted the landscape in rural England, where they served as water basins for horses. Then, as modern farmers and their horses moved to metal troughs, stone ...

I'VE NEVER THOUGHT of myself as someone who's into miniature worlds, but, looking back, I was admittedly obsessed with my dollhouse. Then came my late-'90s terrarium phase, when I coaxed tiny tropical ...

Many gardeners, myself included, often bemoan the fact that we do not have enough ground to grow all the varieties of plants known to the kingdom. I have found, however, big rewards in cultivating ...

Everyone has heard that old saying: You can lead a horse to the trough, and if he doesn’t drink, make it a planter. Just kidding. But if you choose to jump on one of the hottest trends in the country, ...

A garden trough used by a couple for 30 years to hold plants has been identified as a 2,000-year-old marble coffin worth more than £100,000. The 6ft 9ins long coffin, which has a central panel carved ...

The farmer said I was welcome to it if I shifted it from the corner of the field where it sat, too close to the gate. It was a heavy stone trough, about the size of a picnic hamper but not as deep, ...

Everyone has heard that old saying: You can lead a horse to the trough, and if he doesn’t drink, make it a planter. Just kidding. But if you choose to jump on one of the hottest trends in the country, ...