With plenty of pubs and glorious walks in the Dales, Pennines and Lakes, the Cumbrian town of Kirkby Lonsdale is perfectly ...

A topiary memorial marking the death of a rail guard 133 years ago has been “accidentally” felled. The yew tree tribute Jessie’s Seat, with a shape of a pheasant on top and affectionately known as the ...

Workers have begun the 'world's toughest gardening job', using a cherry picker to painstakingly trim the 300-year-old hedges at Powis castle. Brave gardener Dan Bull will spend the next two months ...

The Yew Maze at Hever Castle is 6,400 sq ft (595 sqm) with three-quarters of a mile of hedging [Oliver Dixon] Busy gardeners have finished the trimming a 6,400 sq ft (595 sq m) yew maze at Hever ...

Busy gardeners have finished the trimming a 6,400 sq ft (595 sq m) yew maze at Hever Castle in Kent. The team say the work which is needed every autumn is a job "not for the faint-hearted". Gardeners ...

Topiary is the art of growing trees and shrubs as living sculptures — cubes, spheres, obelisks, animal shapes or combinations of these. The tradition has flourished in various places at different ...

When Donald and Charlotte Molesworth first arrived at their small Kent cottage more than three decades ago, there was a derelict house and an almost totally blank canvas. The plot had once been the ...