Monte Palace Tropical Garden The Monte Palace Tropical Garden is an enchanting oasis situated atop the hills of Funchal.

The area also has fabulous shops, restaurants, cafes, food markets and local Portuguese dishes ... such as the near-extinct La Gomera laurel tree. The UNESCO World Heritage-listed Laurissilva ...

There's nothing worse than nosy neighbours peeping into your garden, especially if you live in a terraced or semi-detached house - but a gardening expert has shared how to keep them at bay ...

Dealing with gaps is also feasible during renovation. Rather than replacement trees, which have to compete with the established hedge, a better solution is to bend a nearby shoot into gaps, tying it ...

The following planning applications have been made to Chichester District Council and South Downs National Park Authority ...

Until budburst – when tree buds emerge from winter dormancy ... Evergreen hedges such as holly, Portugal laurel and yew, and also semi-evergreen Lonicera ligustrina var. Yunnanensis (Lonicera ...

For good weather, the best time to go to Portugal is March, just as spring arrives and before most of the tourist crowds ...

France and Portugal are reportedly among a host of countries to take action on Brits' holiday homes. Their war comes after Spanish Prime Minister said non-resident citizens from countries outside ...

Laurel Canyon takes its name from the California bay laurel, a tree found in the coastal forests and Sierra foothills of California as well as the coastal forests of Oregon. Additional reporting ...

The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice Age, also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, there were rivers and lakes as well as Columbian mammoths ...

The buritis, or moriche palms, are fighting for their lives in the streambed now lined with scorched earth. For two years now ...