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.

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The Lakeland Collection • This tour in the Lake District takes in a contrasting range of gardens in dramatic landscapes, including a small plot among the fells, and the home of garden designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd

Japan’s Hidden Garden Gems • Travel with Japanese-garden expert Hannah Gardner on this far-reaching, two-week tour and discover some of Japan’s most compelling gardens

DIG IN • What’s new, what’s growing and what’s going on this month

News

3 FOR THE GARDEN… THERMOMETERS

DIARY: FEBRUARY

KITTED OUT • For tidy tools and a tidy shed

February plants • In the first of a new series, Gravetye’s head gardener chooses the plants he relies on most to bring some colour, structure and fresh-green foliage to lift the last days of winter

Places to visit • Tom’s recommendations for places to see seasonal plants at their best

WINTER WARMERS • February is the month when gardeners can reasonably take a break, but before he heads off to sunnier climes, gardener-cook Aaron still finds a few jobs to keep him busy and warm

Jobs for February

PHIL CORMIE • As co-founder of Till and Wild in the Scottish Highlands, Phil offers a nature-driven and plant-focused horticultural consultancy service

A new chapter • Since closing her renowned nursery, Elizabeth Strangman has poured her energies into developing her private garden, which showcases a wealth of plants, beginning with her signature hellebores

IN BRIEF

Elizabeth’s hellebores

Elizabeth’s top spring plants

Showing their style • A favourite of the 19th-century Florists’ Societies, auriculas continue to attract enthusiastic collectors and are one of specialities of the Suffolk nursery Woottens

16 top auriculas

How to propagate auriculas

IN BRIEF

The green scene • Flora Grubb’s luxuriant courtyard garden brims with native and non-native planting and is an exemplar of low-water gardening

CROCUS • These plucky plants push through lawns and borders to bring welcome pops of colour to the garden in late winter and early spring

PLANT PROFILE

How to grow Crocus

ROGER PARSONS • The sweet pea breeder on establishing a sweet pea seed bank, what constitutes a perfect flower and how a weekend visit to Woolworths sparked a life-long obsession

Island retreat • For this Ibizan garden, Miguel Urquijo has created a design that offers pockets of lushness while merging effortlessly with its rural surroundings

Summer-flowering bulbs to plant now • Your spring bulbs may be in flower, but there is a tempting array of other bulbs to plant now to bring strong colour and interest come summer. Four experts give us their favourites for a long, flower-filled season

WHERE TO BUY • Recommended summer bulb suppliers

A winter awakening • German garden designer Anne Repnow was never particularly interested in snowdrops – until she brought home her first plant

Design News and sourcebook

Lounge chairs • Sit back and relax in one of these nine garden armchairs for lounging outdoors

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, the crossword, competition and a gardener’s holiday in…

Other books • More new releases, with a focus on top gardens, amazing plants and design advice for outdoor and...