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876Dinas Cross, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire01348 811282www.genuslocus.netSA65 9SPOpen 1 Apr-30 Sep, Wed-Sun plus bank hol Mons & following Tue, New Year’s Day and by appointment, 12 noon-6pm. Adults/OAPs £5, under-16s free. Card not valid on charity day: 19 May. parking,toilets,part...

730Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire01865 341 576www.harcourt-arboretum.ox.ac.ukOX44 9PXOpen all year: 1 Mar-30 Nov, daily, 10am-5pm (until 4pm in Nov); 1 Dec-end Feb, Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm. Adults £4.50, OAPs £3, accompanied under- 19s (in full-time education) free.parking,toilets,part...

739Waterperry, Nr Wheatley, Oxfordshire01844 339 226www.waterperrygardens.co.ukOX33 1JZOpen all year, daily, 10am-5.30pm (until 5pm 1 Nov-31 Mar). Closing dates/times vary – please check website. Adults/OAPs £6.50, under-17s free. Reduced rates Nov to mid- Feb. Card not valid: 9 ...

755Putton Lane, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset01305 785 150www.bennettswatergardens.comDT3 4AFOpen 1 Apr-30 Sep, Sun-Fri, 10am-5pm. Adults £8.50, OAPs £7.95, children (5-16) £4.25. Single discount with card: 25%. Card valid for whole property, but not valid on 15 Sep.parking,toilet...

they form on the female flowers and seeds can be sown now when they are ripe. I'm very tempted, I love these trees, but germination can be poor and when it does happen can take up to two years.I have just braced myself for a long wait by sowing the seed of a

A plaintive mewling took me to the end of the garden a couple of days ago. At first I thought a cat had caught a bird or had cornered a fledgling. As I got closer I realised it was coming from a tree and wondered if some strange seagull was lost

Last week I found vine weevils on the rim of the pot my orange tree lives in. It stands next to my 'nursery' of seedlings, so potentially hundreds of plants could be affected. The adults cause little damage, save for a few nibbles on the edges

high up on the trunk of an old tree at the edge of the clearing. It’s a nuthatch. From this distance its grey-blue plumage makes it look elegant and sleek, rather than the ‘plump’ suggested by all the birding guides. Maybe it’s just had a tough winter

The temperatures are dropping and the hill opposite where I live is a magical mix of golden, yellow, orange and bronze, as all the trees, largely oak and beech, are showing their autumn colours.It is a sight that is a pleasure to see, even though I

Whilst out running in Peckham Rye Park earlier this week I noticed that the leaves of the horse chestnut trees are starting to show pale brown blotching all over. These are caused by the caterpillars of a minute moth, Cameraria ohridella - the horse