Autumn is bulb planting season! So we’ve come up with an unbeatable offer to brighten up your garden this coming spring. We’re offering you a choice of 100 spring bulbs (Tulip Mix or Daffodil Mix), planted in your garden by our gardeners, for only £40. If you went to your garden centre you could pay £40+ just for 100 tulip bulbs. The Tulip Mix contains the varieties “Queen of the Night”, “Purissima”, “China Pink” and...

If you look beyond the houses on the north side of the A511, which runs between Ashby de la Zouch and Burton on Trent, you will see glimpses of the wonderful green fields and woodland around the villages of Hartshorne and Bretby. The look is one of picture-book rolling English countryside. It’s a view I seldom have time to take in, as I’m usually too busy driving past it. So you can imagine my delight when I won a contract to design and...