Ria Higgins

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ria Higgins |Aditi Sharma |Jessica Doyle |Jessica Salter

A horrific accident at her home could have ended designer Vanessa Arbuthnott's career; instead, it influenced her latest collectionsStepping into fabric designer Vanessa Arbuthnott's Cotswolds house feels like a sun-drenched saunter through a very English meadow. Colours flit from soft sky blue to warm buttercup yellow... fresh air, fresh earth, fresh life. It's a tonic for the eyes and the soul, and a true testament to Arbuthnott's eye for delicate shapes and harmonious tones.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Val Bourne |Holly Thomas |Tom Brown |Ria Higgins

Lavender creates its own summer heat haze and the flowers attract bees and butterflies galore, because aromatic plants produce nectar that's packed with a concentrated mixture of sugars. This mainly Mediterranean subshrub has been grown here since Roman times, although it does need a sunny site and good drainage. Once established, lavenders are drought-tolerant, but they do need watering after planting because they rely on developing deep root systems.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Connor Ibbetson |Jessica Doyle |Ria Higgins |Tom Brown

Around early summer, your plants should start to produce flowers, which can be further encouraged with a high-potash fertiliser once a week to replace the nitrogen feed. A fertiliser that's high in potash would be a tomato feed or a comfrey fertiliser. Depending on the variety, the ultimate height of your plant should be achieved before too many flowers are produced.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ria Higgins |Tom Brown |Lia Leendertz |Kulwinder Singh Rai

The rugby legend opens up about his Chelsea Flower Show garden inspired by living with HIV, and finding sanctuary in natureWhere do you live? My husband Stephen and I moved into our current house at the end of last summer. We had been living right on the Welsh coast but, as idyllic as it was, it also came with a lot of problems - including the noise and smoke from beach parties and bonfires. So, we decided to move to the country, just outside Bridgend, which is where I'm from.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tom Brown |Kulwinder Singh Rai |Natalie Paris |Ria Higgins

Dear Tom,I have a hybrid rhododendron in a pot. It has been growing in the pot for three to four years, but unfortunately it now appears to be dying. The leaves are looking pale and are starting to curl up and fall off, and the new buds are dry. What can I do to revive it? Dear Nalin,Rhododendrons have a very shallow, dinner plate-like root system.