Love Island’s Jess and Eve stun in bikinis as they sunbathe in the garden

Love Island’s Jess Gale turns up the heat in a tiny blue bikini as she sunbathes with twin sister Eve in their garden By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 17:50 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 17:57 BST, 19 May 2020 She’s been forced to spend time apart from her beau Ched Uzor amid the … Read more

Covidiots dance, drink and inhale balloons in back garden and basketball parties

Revellers enjoying a 24th birthday party in Manchester have sparked outrage after they were filmed drinking, dancing and inhaling balloons in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.  At least 20 people are thought to have attended a party in the back garden of a home on Saturday night, despite the public being told not to … Read more

Alan Titchmarsh reveals he has lost a STONE since having to work his own four-acre garden

Alan Titchmarsh reveals he has dropped a STONE in lockdown and credits weight-loss to tending his own four-acre garden for NINE hours a day By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 01:10 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 19 May 2020 He has spent lockdown tending to his garden and filming a new ITV … Read more

Alan Titchmarsh reveals he has lost a STONE since having to work his own four-acre garden

Alan Titchmarsh reveals he has dropped a STONE in lockdown and credits weight-loss to tending his own four-acre garden for NINE hours a day By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 01:10 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 19 May 2020 He has spent lockdown tending to his garden and filming a new ITV … Read more

Green-fingered wildlife consultant befriends cheeky robin in her garden during lockdown

Green-fingered wildlife consultant befriends cheeky robin in her garden during lockdown – and he even joins in her Zoom calls Keen gardener Kate MacRae was stunned when a robin befriended her recently The little bird – who she has named Colin – has grown to trust Kate, from Lichfield The creature is now so tame, … Read more

NEIL TWEEDIE: Gardeners give their joyous verdict as nation’s garden centres reopen

You know you are living in strange times when buying a bag of compost feels like a treat. Gareth Bressington could hardly contain himself as he loaded a sack on to his trolley at the Studley Green Garden Centre. ‘It’s for my partner’s mother,’ he explained. ‘She’s self-isolating.’ The simple gesture gratified him. A trip … Read more

NEIL TWEEDIE: Gardeners give their joyous verdict as nation’s garden centres reopen

You know you are living in strange times when buying a bag of compost feels like a treat. Gareth Bressington could hardly contain himself as he loaded a sack on to his trolley at the Studley Green Garden Centre. ‘It’s for my partner’s mother,’ he explained. ‘She’s self-isolating.’ The simple gesture gratified him. A trip … Read more

Coronavirus: Wales allows garden centres and libraries to open

Wales pre-empts PM with ‘modest’ loosening of lockdown measures  These are the three ‘small’ changes announced by First Minister Mark Drakeford today:  Outdoor exercise permitted more than once a day but must be ‘local’. Garden centres can reopen if they observe ‘social distancing’ rules. Councils can start planning to reopen libraries and rubbish tips. Wales … Read more

Spending time in the garden improves health ‘as much as living in a wealthy area’ 

Spending time relaxing in your garden or tending to the flowerbeds improves mental and physical wellbeing ‘as much as living in a wealthy area’ Exeter and RHS researchers studied survey results from  7,814 people Found 71 per cent of individuals who used their garden were in good health This figure dropped to just 61 per cent for … Read more

Retired couple’s award-winning ‘Four Seasons’ garden explodes with spring joy

A retired couple have transformed a garden featuring little more than a muddy lawn into a stunning award winning all-year round masterpiece. Escaping the surrounding gloom of the coronavirus, Marie and Tony Newton, both 72, have spent more than £15,000 over 38 years transforming their back garden into an all-year around paradise. It is because … Read more