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759Cury Cross Lanes, Helston, Cornwall 01326 240 550www.bonythonmanor.co.ukTR12 7BAOpen 1 Mar-30 Sep, Mon-Fri (but closed bank hols), 10am-4.30pm.Adults/OAPs £6, children £2.parking,toilets,part-disabled,plants,refreshments,dogs,public-transport

Bird feeders designed to stick to the window are all well and good, but can you be sure birds will be brave enough to fly that close to the house? Follow these simple steps and the birds will be queuing up to offer you a close encounter.Bird table

My elder son Archie made his first vegetable garden this year, in the back garden of a slightly scummy, student infested house in deepest Peckham. It was a very enterprising community effort by all of his housemates, involving sporadic (though manic

72246 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk01787 372 958www.gainsborough.orgCO10 2EUOpen all year, Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. Closed Good Friday and between Christmas and New Year. Adults £5, OAPs £4, children (6-16) £2. Card valid for the whole property.toilets,plants,full-disabled,refreshments,shop,dogs,public-transport

881Tregrehan House, St Blazey, Par, Cornwall01726 814 389www.tregrehan.orgPL24 2SJOpen 15 Mar-31 May, Wed-Fri, Sun & bank hol Mon, 10.30am-5pm; then 1 Jun-31 Aug, Wed only, 1-4.30pm. Adults/OAPs £6, under-16s free. Single discount with card: 50

869Talybont-on-Usk, Brecon, Powys01874 676 271LD3 7YROpen 2 Apr-24 Sep, Tue (or by appointment), 2-5pm. Adults/OAPs £3, under-17s free. Single discount: 50p.parking,toilets,part-disabled,plants,refreshments,shop,dogs,public-transport

Christmas is fast approaching, and perfume houses will soon be tempting us to buy fragrances for our nearest and dearest. No doubt they'll do a roaring trade, but to my mind natural perfume can't be beaten. Fragrant plants and flowers add another

I've been spring cleaning. The greenhouse, of course, not the house. Somehow the lure of the compost and seed trays was much greater than that of the vacuum cleaner and duster.Our heavy clay soil has been sodden and unworkable, so the greenhouse

Lay new turf and re-sow bare patches of lawnPot up colchicums into decorative containers for bringing into the housePut up bug boxes to provide places for beneficial insects to hibernateCut attractive seed heads for indoor arrangementsSpread netting

Make last-minute pickings of fresh flowers for the houseSpread compost on to flower beds for worms to work in over winterCollect fallen leaves showing signs of blackspot from around rosesFork compost into borders, but take care not to spike emerging