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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Gardens Illustrated Magazine

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

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

News

DIARY: MARCH

SOWING FRENZY • As the growing season gets underway, gardener-cook Aaron Bertelsen is in a hurry to sow seeds under cover, and moving some of his early sown peas out into the veg patch

Jobs for March

March plants • Blossom brings fresh colour to Gravetye Manor’s spring borders alongside several introductions by its 19th-century owner, the garden writer William Robinson

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

KITTED OUT • For encouraging birds into your garden

Mise-en-scène • The creative owners of this new Berkshire garden have staged a series of garden rooms, each one a composition in colour and form

HARRIET THOMPSON • Nursery owner Harriet is an advocate of peat- and pesticide-free growing and passionate about houseplants

Fresh ideas • In the first of a new container-planting series, Cottesbrooke’s head gardener Jenny Barnes creates three simple combinations that capture the essence of early spring

Plant suppliers

IN BRIEF

Holding court • Dutch designer Erik Funneman has used a living wall and green, year-round planting to enclose the tiny courtyard of an urban townhouse

HEPATICA • Among the first flowers to appear in spring, hepaticas can help brighten shady corners with their delicate, pastel-coloured flowers

PLANT PROFILE

How to grow Hepatica

KAREN LIEBREICH • The driving force behind the new Chiswick Flower Market, and countless horticultural campaigns in west London, on fruit gluts, fairness and never taking ‘no’ for an answer

OUT OF THE ORDINARY • From a small site in rural Norfolk, The Plantsman’s Preference nursery supplies unusual plants for ordinary gardeners

PATHS OF LEAST RESISTANCE • To create this contemporary garden combining formality and naturalistic planting, designer Álvaro Sampedro simply followed the dogs

Tiny treasures • With more than 900 daffodil cultivars to his name, breeder Brian Duncan specialises in exquisite miniature forms

WHAT LIES BENEATH • In the first part of a new series, gardener Alys Fowler looks at how we can improve the health of our gardens’ soil by using compost

SOIL: WHAT TO DO IN SPRING

Fast flowers • It’s sowing time, so we asked four experts to choose their favourite herbaceous perennials to grow from seed, which will flower in their first year – offering quick but beautiful, budget-friendly blooms for your garden

WHERE TO BUY

Undercover artists • The makers behind Claverton Cloches have revived the traditional cast-iron cloche, which had become a rare sight in our gardens

How to use a cloche

RETHINKING CITY CENTRES

News

Potting tables • Get ready for the seed-sowing season with one of these nine stylish potting tables

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

Other books • More new releases, focusing on weeds, crafts, cookery, planting and greener...