Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Widely regarded as the Vogue of the gardening press, Gardens Illustrated aims to inspire you with an eclectic and international editorial mix of remarkable places, plants and people. With superb photography, authoritative journalism and exceptional design, this award-winning magazine is a style bible for garden designers, garden lovers and enthusiasts alike.

Welcome

Contributors

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Gardens Illustrated Magzine

Historic garden winner

The Green Planet

Botanical home decor

VITAL HERBARIUM GOES DIGITAL

Exquisite arrangements

SUSTAINABLE SHOPPING

3 FOR THE GARDEN… BOOT SCRAPERS

Cut flowers

DIARY: JANUARY

PREPARATION IS KEY • From tools to seeds, January is an ideal time to get everything ready for the year ahead. Our gardener-cook gets himself organised and explains where to start

Jobs for January

KITTED OUT • For woodland appreciation

100 CHARLOTTE HARRIS'S essential garden plants • Charlotte Harris is one of the UK’s most exciting designers with a string of awards under her belt – including two gold medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show – and is co-founder of Harris Bugg Studio with Hugo Bugg, a practice well known for its range of projects. Here Charlotte reveals her go-to garden stalwarts, the must-have plants she uses all the time for year-round interest, or to fit particular needs or situations or functions in the garden, and that she turns back to again and again.

KATY MERRINGTON • A degree in fine art and an admiration for gardeners with other creative outlets has led Katy to take on the new garden at The Hepworth Wakefield gallery

IN BRIEF

MAGIC CARPET • Delightful displays of early flowering bulbs ensure Patricia Elkington’s Hampshire garden is never without interest, even in the depths of winter

VIBURNUM • These easy-to-grow, versatile shrubs, which can be evergreen or deciduous, offer scented, nectar-rich flowers, often with attractive foliage and berries

PLANT PROFILE

Where to buy and see

IN BRIEF

Big ideas, small canvas • Switching from grand projects to a small urban garden might tempt some designers to scale-down their plans, but whatever the site, Tom Stuart-Smith’s vision remains as bold as ever

Tom’s design tips

RICHARD AYRES • The pioneer of the iconic Winter Garden at Anglesey Abbey on his passion for gardening, discovering new snowdrops and a life spent making horticultural waves

LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE • A shared passion for snowdrops kindled a love of a more enduring kind for the owners of the Picton Garden, who now fill their winter garden with these harbingers of spring

How to divide snowdrops

Rural retreat • Taking the area’s agricultural past as his starting point, British designer James Basson has created a largely irrigation-free Provençal garden with a light touch, using drought-tolerant Mediterranean planting

IN BRIEF

STICKS AND STONES • Kazuhito Takadoi creates his delicately intricate artworks by stitching together natural materials such as grasses, leaves and twigs

LIVING SCULPTURES • Multi-stem trees are an increasingly popular choice for small gardens, as they offer the ability to control height and girth, and can be shaped into unique forms

Design News and trends

GARDEN TRENDS 2022 • The past two years have seen gardens – our own private spaces and those open to the public – taking on a greater significance. As well as being places to escape the home office, or venues for relaxed and airy social gatherings, the role they’re increasingly being asked to play is as key allies in the fight to boost biodiversity. Here, ten top designers and gardeners reveal the shifts they have seen in gardening...