Earliest gardening memory
Finding my mum's long-lost wedding ring in the vegetable patch. She had lost it several years before I was born, but when my siblings and I were very small and were sent out to dig up some summer potatoes, a distinct 'tink' sound was heard as the fork plunged into the soil. The lost ring was retrieved and we all had buttery new potatoes to celebrate.
How did you get into horticulture?
I was lucky enough to fall into horticulture by accident. I was working shifts at a local coffee shop and was offered some work by a regular who was a jobbing gardener. It quickly became clear that this was something I could be very interested in and so I did a one-year course in horticulture at Kingston Maurward College. One thing led to another, and here I am.
Horticultural heroes
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STEPS TO SUCCESS
Enclosed within a rustic barn conversion, this courtyard garden contrasts riotous Mediterranean-inspired gravel planting with clean lines and a reflective pool
ANNIE GUILFOYLE
The garden polymath on the pleasures of passing on knowledge, the rewards of close observation and the circuitous route towards grounding her itchy feet
HEAVEN SCENT
As summer adds a new dimension to his garden, Nigel Slater reflects on the rewards of planting for perfume
Colour therapy
Ann-Maree Winter's joyful Australian garden became a place of solace and nurture in hard times
30 plants with interest all year
These hard-working plants provide several seasons of interest in your garden through flowers, fruit, foliage, bark and even spring shoots
PERFECT HARMONY
Rosarian Michael Marriott and TV producer Rosie Irving have very different ideas on gardening, but they have discovered the secret to sharing a single plot amicably
SUMMERFLOWERING ALLIUMS
Loved for their showy spheres, alliums have long been stalwarts of late spring, but now new introductions are extending the party through summer
Faith in the future
Marian Boswall's contemporary design for the garden of a former chapel respects the property's history while looking to the future
Summertime at Sissinghurst
Ensuring Sissinghurst’s famous roses look fabulous throughout the season is one of the many tasks keeping head gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team busy right now
FRESH APPROACH
Colm Joseph’s design for this new garden, which surrounds a modern house within a heritage setting, uses clever planting to give a historic site a contemporary feel
