Being told you have cancer is like being hit by a tsunami. I can’t speak for the King, but that’s how I felt when tests following a routine mammogram revealed I had breast cancer in 2016, at the age of 57.
At this time of year, gardens all around the country open specially so that visitors can enjoy their spectacular displays of snowdrops, joyfully signalling that spring is on its way
Monty Don, the television plantsman, asked this week: “When did the term horticulturalist replace gardener? And why?” He may well ask, for he has put his green finger on a trend that goes far beyond the herbaceous border.