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Choreographer, creative director and co-founder of Second Stride, a company that transformed contemporary dance in the 1980s

Val Bourne is an award-winning writer, organic hands-on gardener and committed plantaholic - and here she gives readers the full lowdown on growing your own veg

Expert gardener Val Bourne shares her secrets to the perfect rose garden ahead of this year’s Hever in Bloom flower festival.

Here's how to distinguish between helpful and hateful slugs – and the most effective ways of dealing with them

A single snowdrop bulb has just sold for nearly £2,000 – why do these flowers have gardeners reaching for the credit card?

A snowdrop bulb has sold for a record £1,850 in an eBay auction to an unnamed collector. The Galanthus plicatus Golden Tears bulb was created by so-called King of the Snowdrops Joe Sharman

The sight of snowdrops peeping through in January or February never fails to cheer us up – here's our pick of where to see snowdrops.

Your garden could be bursting with fresh seed. Our resident gardening expert shares how to get started

Looking to inject some bright summer colour into your garden? Look no further than these nurseries 5 May 2021 • 2:44pm You can order favourite perennials and cottage garden plants easily from an online plant nursery Credit: Getty Images  Whether you have a leafy oasis or a quaint balcony, the internet has transformed gardeners shopping habits, with everything from bamboo to perennials to trees available to buy online. Here, Val Bourne picks out the best online plant nurseries, so you can st...

Cotoneasters are the super plant of 2021, so how do you grow them?  A new RHS science paper found that Cotoneaster franchetii is the latest ‘super plant’ to help boost the environment and improve human health 18 February 2021 • 9:34am Cotoneaster is so common that it can easily be overlooked, but recent research suggests it has more benefits than expected Credit: Alamy  Thanks to findings from a recent Royal Horticultural Society study, Cotoneaster franchetii is being hailed as the...