Gardening
Gardens Illustrated
GEORGIE NEWBERY
The founder of Common Farm Flowers on swapping fashion for cut flowers, finding her feet on social media and why she's staying firmly organic
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Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
PASTURES NEW
Known for commissioning Piet Oudolf's first UK garden, plantsman John Coke has moved on and created a brand-new, personal garden on the South Downs
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Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
THE ART OF GARDENING
The gardens of Charleston, once home to painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and the artistic residence of the Bloomsbury Group, are maintained in the spirit of that age
4 min |
Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
Pressed for all time
From an early venture saving wedding bouquets, Keith Kralik and Rachel Parri of Flower Press Studio have turned pressed flowers into fine art
3 min |
Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
THE SHAPE OF THINGS
In planting design, we often consider colour, says Nigel Dunnett, but the form of flowers can be just as important
4 min |
Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
HELENIUM
These tough, sun-loving blooms combine well with grasses and other late-flowering perennials and look great in prairie-style and modern cottage-garden schemes
3 min |
Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
Back to the land
Having traded London life for regenerative farming in Cornwall, Florence and James Kennedy are taking their flower company Petalon to new heights
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Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE, BETTER
When it comes to choosing the flowers for a loved one's funeral, we play it safe, but Gill Hodgson says you can now be more personal, creative and eco-friendly
3 min |
Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
LATE BLOOMER
Now that his once largely green garden is bursting with colour, Nigel Slater wonders why it took him so long to fill it with flowers
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Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
Effortless arrangements
Florist Sarah Statham reveals the secret to creating striking natural floral displays: adapting to the shape of your vessel
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Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
CHATU MADHVANI
Accountant-cum-freelance-gardener Chatu loves experimenting with plant sculptures and exploring the UK's wild watersides
2 min |
Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
FULL OF SURPRISES
From rare hydrangeas to prairie-inspired borders, the Welsh garden of plant obsessives Roger and Jenny Lloyd is packed with floral treasures
4 min |
Summer 2025
Gardens Illustrated
All change
As our climate changes, gardeners are finding their plant palette is shifting, with some old favourites no longer happy and opportunities to try something new
5 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
FAMILY FRIENDLY GARDENS
You can have a nice garden that both you and the kids will love, says Charlotte Harris, if you design smart and think ahead
5 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
ASTRANTIA
With delicate blooms in soft colours, new cultivars of these adaptable, long-flowering beauties will suit many different planting styles and conditions, and sun or shade
3 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PEST?
We should stop labelling creatures as sworn enemies, argues Cleve West, if we want to ensure our gardens are truly welcoming to wildlife
3 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
DINING OUT
Much as he loves eating in his garden, Nigel Slater blows hot and cold about cooking en plein air
4 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
DIVE ON IN
For her own garden, Ellicar, swimming pond designer Sarah Murch has created a wildlife-focused landscape that is at one with nature
4 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
HIGH AND DRY
Designer Matthew Wilson chose colourful, scented, drought-resilient planting for this zero-irrigation hilltop garden in Surrey
4 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
BESIDE THE SEA
Helen Elks-Smith’s clever design for a garden overlooking Poole Harbour makes the most of its impressive views and is planted to resist the fierce winds
4 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
SARAH MEAD
The co-owner and head gardener of Yeo Valley Organic Garden on learning that life is not just a cabaret and why she’s launching a new garden festival
3 min |
July 2025
Gardens Illustrated
Bombproof plants
Discover the indestructible varieties that designers, head gardeners and flower growers rely on: the top easy-to-grow, long-lived, pest- and disease-free performers for your garden
5 min |
June 2025
Gardens Illustrated
DESIGN IDEAS
Water is used to bring connection to a steep slope in this Isle of Wight garden designed by Andy Sturgeon.
3 min |
June 2025
Gardens Illustrated
IMAGINATIVE WAYS WITH WATER
Designer Charlotte Harris suggests smart, interesting ways to introduce water and use it to completely transform a garden
5 min |
June 2025
Gardens Illustrated
CULTURE FLASH
This fascinating dive into the cultural significance of gardens will feed your mind, spark your imagination and leave you hungry for more
3 min |
June 2025
Gardens Illustrated
ANNA McLOUGHLIN
Anna, a landscaper with Landform Consultants, loves to feel immersed in the abundance of colourful blooms of cottage-garden style plantings
2 min |
June 2025
Gardens Illustrated
June plants
A glorious Scotch rose, an impressive climber and a delicately scented evening primrose are among the early summer highlights for designer and plantsman Dan Pearson
5 min |
June 2025
Gardens Illustrated
MODERN TWIST
The traditional English country garden gets a contemporary update at this renovated cottage in the Cotswolds
3 min |
June 2025
Gardens Illustrated
MEETING OF MINDS
Landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith has worked closely with architect Ptolemy Dean to create a garden that unifies a 15th-century house and barn
5 min |
June 2025
Gardens Illustrated
Beautiful chaos
In his experimental garden in south Essex, John Little is prioritising habitat over planting, without compromising on aesthetics
3 min |