Trees & plants

Scarlet elf cups

8 winter woodland mysteries

Houseplants in window

Wildlife gardening

The best houseplants: which to choose and how to look after them

Guide to mistletoe: history, how it became a Christmas tradition and how to grow your own mistletoe

Guide to mistletoe: history, how it became a Christmas tradition and how to grow your own mistletoe

Yellow flowers in snow

Best plants for winter colour

Women in garden in winter

Jobs for the garden this winter

Best wildflower identification books

The best wildflower identification books to buy in 2022

Best tree identification books

How to identify

The best tree identification books to buy

Grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) and bumble bee in the spring garden. /Credit: Dasha Kalinkova/Getty Images.

Wildlife gardening

Plant Britain: Spring bulbs to plant now for bees and butterflies

Rob Penn on Bryn Arw Stump up for trees rewilding

Rewilding in the Black Mountains with woodsman Rob Penn

Lesser spotted woodpecker countryfile podcast

Spring in the saltmarsh and Celtic rainforest – plus an special encounter with our rarest woodpecker

Green leaves in tree

Aspen tree guide: identification, distribution and folklore

Snowy woodlands

Virtual escapes: magical woodlands and forests

blue forget-me-not flowers

How to identify

A beginner’s guide to native British wildflowers

A feeding bumblebee. /Credit: PSkelton Photo/Getty Images

Insects & invertebrates

British bee identification guide: best plants to attract bees to your garden

Blossom and leaves

How to identify spring blossom