The tradition of hanging nasturtiums was started by Isabella Stewart Gardner herself to mark the arrival of spring.

Plants that climb, creep and twist. There’s an incredible range of foliage forms and colours, stunning flowering displays, gorgeous fragrances and in several species, almost luminous shows of colour ...

These are so robust that they provide a building material that is stronger than steel and, since bamboo plants grow faster than any other plant, more sustainable than timber. Such oomph considered, ...