Your home can be brightened up with the addition of a few pot plants; this is especially true at Christmas. There are so many seasonal favourites to add to your displays. Every room can have a pot plant, but choosing the right ones to succeed can be a case of trial and error as Adam Pasco explains.

The garden is a great place to find things to make Christmas decorations. Traditional favourites like holly, ivy and pine cones are very versatile and make cheap alternatives to shop bought decorations. Bayer’s Anita Dent has some tips on how to make something special without breaking the bank.

The garden is a great place to find things to make Christmas decorations. Traditional favourites like holly, ivy and pine cones are very versatile and make cheap alternatives to shop bought decorations. Bayer’s Anita Dent has some tips on how to make something special without breaking the bank.

The garden is a great place to find things to make Christmas decorations. Traditional favourites like holly, ivy and pine cones are very versatile and make cheap alternatives to shop bought decorations. Bayer’s Anita Dent has some tips on how to make something special without breaking the bank.

The garden is a great place to find things to make Christmas decorations. Traditional favourites like holly, ivy and pine cones are very versatile and make cheap alternatives to shop bought decorations. Bayer’s Anita Dent has some tips on how to make something special without breaking the bank.

Thompson & Morgan are known for their plug plants which can be as small as your little finger up to something you can hold in the palm of your hand. Under a new direction they are moving into mature plant stock, plants in 3 to 5 litre pots as Graham Ward told Ken Crowther.

Thompson & Morgan are known for their plug plants which can be as small as your little finger up to something you can hold in the palm of your hand. Under a new direction they are moving into mature plant stock, plants in 3 to 5 litre pots as Graham Ward told Ken Crowther.

Thompson & Morgan are known for their plug plants which can be as small as your little finger up to something you can hold in the palm of your hand. Under a new direction they are moving into mature plant stock, plants in 3 to 5 litre pots as Graham Ward told Ken Crowther.

Thompson & Morgan are known for their plug plants which can be as small as your little finger up to something you can hold in the palm of your hand. Under a new direction they are moving into mature plant stock, plants in 3 to 5 litre pots as Graham Ward told Ken Crowther.

If you wander through Marks Hall near Coggeshall in Essex and look up in the trees you will notice mistletoe growing. Now that there leaves have fallen the mistletoe is easy to spot hanging like chandeliers. The berries are sticky and stick to the branches when birds wipe their beaks as curator Jonathan Jukes explained to Ken Crowther.