Repurpose old tree stumps for a charming garden focal point without removing them. Assess stump condition and location to determine suitable plants and design themes. Follow expert advice to plan ...

Biddulph Grange’s Stumpery is the country’s earliest, and has inspired many others, including the one at Highgrove Gardens, ...

Gardeners who have tree stumps rotting in their garden have been urged not to touch it. After months of winter, most of our gardens are now full of all sorts of detritus. Piles of rotting leaves ...

This would probably be illegal and might well kill whatever was living on the rotting tree stump, though. Better to have decomposing wood in a garden. If you have a dying tree, let it die.

Tinner, from Brean, Somerset, constructed the stump as part of a project to re-wild his garden four years ago. He said: "I created Wonderland Cottage out of an old tree stump and put a living roof ...