Trees & plants

Badger cub in bluebells

Spring wildlife guide: what to look for and where to see it

Hazel catkins

How to identify catkins

Blossom and leaves

How to identify spring blossom

Snowdrops

Snowdrops guide: best walks and how to grow

Potting up plants with books

Best gardening books to read in 2023

Seaweed on UK coast

Seaweed guide: common UK species and how to identify them

Yellow flowers in snow

Best plants for winter colour

Women in garden in winter

Jobs for the garden this winter

Leif Bersweden and Annabel Ross, Countryfile plodcast 2022. Image by Trevor Ray Hart

Podcast: Wandering among wildflowers with botanist Leif Bersweden

Majestic Oak tree in autumn in sunny weather

British tree guide: how to identify and where to see

Autumn colour at Batsford Arboretum

Britain’s most spectacular autumn arboretums

Acorns and oak leaves in morning dew

Oak tree guide: how long they take to grow, UK species and how to identify?

Happy mother and children watering plants in sunny summer garden

Watering your garden: rainwater harvesting, when to water and drought-tolerant plants

Ragwort in a green field (Photo by: RuudMorijn via Getty Images)

Ragwort guide: what is ragwort, is it poisonous and where does it grow?

British forest mushroom guide - king boletus

How to identify

British wild mushroom and fungi guide: how to identify and where to find