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

New Dorset Gardens • Join us on a four-day garden tour, hosted by innovative gardener Keith Wiley, to explore some of Dorset's most inspiring gardens of renown

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

LEARNING Love bugs

KITTED OUT • For a celebratory Coronation picnic

May plants • As spring gives way to summer, head gardener Åsa Gregers-Warg is in the mood for fresh foliage and colour, with a bright tulip and a scented iris evoking happy memories

Places to visit • Åsa's recommendations for places to see seasonal plants at their best

DIRTY BUSINESS • In the first of a new column examining conventional wisdom and challenging accepted beliefs in gardening, plant ecologist Ken Thompson begins with a no-nonsense approach to home composting

SABRINA WOOD • Following an apprenticeship and work stint at Waterperry Gardens in Oxford, Sabrina tends a walled garden and grows vegetables for a private estate in Somerset

True to form • The sympathetic renovation of a historic garden in Cornwall takes inspiration from one of its most famous sons, the naturalist John Davies Enys

DISPORUM • These delicate woodlanders with fairy-bell flowers make the perfect companions to hostas and ferns, and are relatively easy-going provided you offer them a moist and shady spot

How to grow Disporum

Rich tapestry • In west London, Butter Wakefield has created a timeless and immersive garden that's inviting to people and pollinators alike

The new bedding • Talk of bedding can conjure images of gaudily coloured, over-fertilised blooms, but many annuals, biennials and even tender houseplants can help fill gaps and offer a sensational summer garden peak. Here, three experts recommend their favourites

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

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

Fleeting beauties • Cherry blossom is a cultural icon in Japan, and a school teacher there has made it his lifelong mission to ensure the longevity of the Japanese cherry tree by raising a series of remarkable hybrids

Granular detail • In work that explores texture and variation, wood artist Darren Appiagyei showcases the natural beauty of his raw materials – warts and all

In at the deep end • A new nursery that specialises in water plants is facing one of its biggest and most exciting challenges this year – exhibiting at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the first time

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

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

Around the show at Chelsea • Inspiration lies not just in the show gardens but also the stands and exhibits; here are some highlights from this year's plants, products and installations

Design • News, garden design...