Rare words and swear words, Good words and bad words. What are words worth? (Tom-Tom Club “Wordy Rappinghood” 1982) Words

I have a lot of warm socks that take up quite a lot of room in my chest of drawers.

Can you feel the deliciousness of autumn?

The RHS stands for the good of people, plants and the planet through gardening. Here, in the first of a three-part series, a member of Council looks at how the Society’s work is a force for good for the population as a whole.

Magazines have quite a long lead time so I am assuming that by the time you read this it will actually have rained – if it hasn’t then we are right up the creek without a paddle.

August (and, indeed, late July) for those blessed people among you who subscribe to this excellent publication) is the time for Leos. I am not usually given to believing horoscopes, but Leos are undoubtedly fine people full to the gunwales with passion, colour and joie de vivre.

As Kermit the frog poignantly sang, “It’s not easy being green. It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things”. This month he would find it remarkably easy as June is nothing if not gloriously green.

This month, let us think of your garden as a circus.

An Arts and Crafts garden in Suffolk has been given a striking new lease of life by garden designer Sue Townsend.

From ambling routes mown into grass to ramrod-straight thoroughfares, paths can be either practical or divertingly scenic – or sometimes both.

Well, well, well, April is finally with us. The sap is definitely rising and there is a tangible feeling of excitement in the air.

The RHS is evolving at a faster pace than ever before. How is Sue Biggs, Director General, inspiring the Society – and the nation – to grow?

In his Somerset garden – once the home of designer Georgia Langton – Michael Le Poer Trench has added a host of playfully romantic touches that make this spectacular space sing with creativity and invention.