LAZY DAYS

Alice Vincent has had a hectic 2023, but for next year she's come up with a cunning plan to give herself more time and reduce her carbon footprint

SCULPTING THE LANDSCAPE

Charlotte Rowe's elegant design for a country garden in Hampshire fuses modern and traditional styles and captures the Zeitgeist for naturalism with a contemporary edge

Flavour of the seasons

Smallholder and former chef Julius Roberts suggests three easy, warming recipes for a winter feast with seasonal produce

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

There is a biodiversity loss crisis, but research into the wildlife found in gardens has made it clear just how important these spaces are as habitat. Discover how much you can learn, and gain, by identifying and documenting what you find beyond your back door

YOUNG AT HEART

The garden of the late, great landscape architect Jacques Wirtz, which is more than 50 years old, is now being renewed by his children

Festive flourishes

Entertain in style this Christmas with ideas for natural decorations from Swallows & Damsons

LUKE SENIOR

A former Ruth Borun scholar at Great Dixter, Luke is now one of the garden's full time gardeners

Change of view

Designer Katie Guillebaud updated the Cotswolds garden of a garden photographer to make it picture perfect all winter

DIGGING THE DIRT

As Ken Thompson explains, the key to a good soil lies both in its structure and in the life it sustains. But is any of it improved by digging?

Forward thinking

When your front garden offers a better aspect than your back garden, it makes sense to make this your primary space

Running wild

A self-taught gardener with an eye for self-seeders, Louisa Morgan has created a glorious garden in the Usk Valley

ECHINOPS

With boldly coloured, nectar-rich flowers that are loved by pollinators, and striking foliage, these statuesque plants will add a touch of true drama to any planting scheme

WILD IDEAS

How wild is wild in the context of the average garden? And should we all be gardening differently to encourage more wildlife? Ken Thompson looks into the role gardens play as habitats for creatures great and small

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

In a California suburb where neat squares of lawn are the norm, landscape studio Terremoto has created something different

Rewilding minds

The Walled Garden at Knepp Castle in West Sussex, reimagined to a plan by Tom Stuart-Smith, is transforming how we think about gardening

The bad and the beautiful

Gardeners have a fraught relationship with wild plants and weeds, but there is a growing movement to appreciate the charms and biodiversity benefits of these native plants and early colonisers. To offer a fresh perspective, we’ve elevated typical uninvited garden guests to be the stars of exquisite cut-flower displays, inspired by art and bound to change your mind

Nature's way

With an almost imperceptible hand, designer Dan Pearson has conjured a dramatic landscape garden from 20 acres of Connecticut wilderness

Exotic mix

In his own small Surrey garden, designer Robert Stacewicz has assembled an eclectic mix of exotic plants that are well suited for a changing climate

Sum of the manse

For this walled garden on the edge of the Cairngorms, designer Jonathan Snow has created a sloping parterre filled with flowers and food

Picture this

Drawing on the wildflowers she loved as a child, Margarida Maia has created a garden in central Portugal that is now an Instagram sensation

Where the wild things are

In rural West Sussex, Chris Moss has created a sustainable, rustic-chic garden that hums with wildlife and shimmers subtly with modern cottage-style planting

Mixed blessings

In a quiet corner of Essex, designer Stefano Marinaz has replaced a lawn and parking space with a naturalistic garden of mixed planting that offers interest all year

PAOLO PEJRONE

The legendary Italian designer, who thinks of himself primarily as a gardener, on the importance of keeping gardens bold and simple, and working with nature in adapting to climate change

GEUM

Offering flowers from late spring into summer, this varied genus of hardy perennials is deservedly growing in popularity

True grit

Swedish plantsman Peter Korn is a pioneer of growing in sand, and his glorious new garden near Malmö is testament to its success

June plants

In early summer, head gardener Åsa Gregers-Warg is spoilt for choice with a fabulous mix of richly coloured and delicate flowers, fabulous foliage and silky tactile grasses

GROWING FOR GOLD

From first-timers to multiple medal winners, we talk to five of the nurseries exhibiting in Chelsea's Great Pavilion this year to find out more about the plans and preparations they are making to ensure a winning display

SHOW GARDEN PROFILES

We talk to the designers behind a selection of this year's show gardens about what has influenced and inspired their choices

MANOJ MALDE

The garden designer, show judge, RHS ambassador and television presenter on changing careers, making a splash with colour, and promoting inclusivity and diversity within the gardening community

Stone gold

With deceptively simple design and a masterful use of rock, Peter Berg has crafted a polished family garden froma steeply sloping site