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In this issue

Plantsperson’s favourites
In the first of a new series, Lowther Castle’s head gardener Andrea Brunsendorf chooses her top ten plants for March.

Bowls of beauty
Discover the garden in West Sussex where magnolias are the undoubted stars of the show..

LAZY DAYS

Alice Vincent has had a hectic 2023, but for next year she's come up with a cunning plan to give herself more time and reduce her carbon footprint

LAZY DAYS

3 mins

SCULPTING THE LANDSCAPE

Charlotte Rowe's elegant design for a country garden in Hampshire fuses modern and traditional styles and captures the Zeitgeist for naturalism with a contemporary edge

SCULPTING THE LANDSCAPE

5 mins

Flavour of the seasons

Smallholder and former chef Julius Roberts suggests three easy, warming recipes for a winter feast with seasonal produce

Flavour of the seasons

8 mins

JOINT ENTERPRISE

In southwest Germany, a couple have combined structural grasses and perennials with good seedheads in their garden to great effect, especially when touched by winter frost

JOINT ENTERPRISE

3 mins

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

There is a biodiversity loss crisis, but research into the wildlife found in gardens has made it clear just how important these spaces are as habitat. Discover how much you can learn, and gain, by identifying and documenting what you find beyond your back door

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

5 mins

MATTHEW BIGGS

Horticulture's nicest practitioner on his journey from sweeping playgrounds to Gardeners' Question Time via offering gardening advice to insomniacs

MATTHEW BIGGS

3 mins

YOUNG AT HEART

The garden of the late, great landscape architect Jacques Wirtz, which is more than 50 years old, is now being renewed by his children

YOUNG AT HEART

3 mins

PITTOSPORUM

These evergreen shrubs come in a multitude of sizes and shapes with shiny, often variegated or colourful leaves and small scented flowers

PITTOSPORUM

3 mins

Festive flourishes

Entertain in style this Christmas with ideas for natural decorations from Swallows & Damsons

Festive flourishes

5 mins

LUKE SENIOR

A former Ruth Borun scholar at Great Dixter, Luke is now one of the garden's full time gardeners

LUKE SENIOR

2 mins

Change of view

Designer Katie Guillebaud updated the Cotswolds garden of a garden photographer to make it picture perfect all winter

Change of view

4 mins

DIGGING THE DIRT

As Ken Thompson explains, the key to a good soil lies both in its structure and in the life it sustains. But is any of it improved by digging?

DIGGING THE DIRT

4 mins

December plants

Åsa Gregers-Warg rounds off her year of plants with a winter-flowering clematis, exotic-looking succulent and a burst of sunshine from a lemon-coloured marguerite

December plants

5 mins

12 free gardens to visit this summer

Garden visits don't have to cost the earth - in fact, there are many beautiful places up and down the UK that you can enjoy for free during the summer holidays, with top-notch, inspirational planting schemes

12 free gardens to visit this summer

4 mins

Outer calm

Soothing green planting and paired-back hard landscaping have transformed a tired lawn into a tranquil space for reflection

Outer calm

2 mins

Bright and beautiful

This small city garden in Utrecht is now buzzing with life thanks to a transformation by designer Carolien Barkman

Bright and beautiful

2 mins

Urban oasis

Behind a terraced house in Milan, designer Roberto Benatti has transformed a tiny garden into a green, English-style oasis

Urban oasis

2 mins

Forward thinking

When your front garden offers a better aspect than your back garden, it makes sense to make this your primary space

Forward thinking

2 mins

Family matters

Award-winning garden designer Matt Keightley transformed the small, narrow space behind his 1930s London home into a lush, leafy glade that all the family can enjoy

Family matters

2 mins

DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

With summers predicted to get hotter, and water becoming a precious resource, everyone is talking about drought-tolerant plants. But are they the answer in the UK and what should we know about planting and caring for them? We ask plant experts and landscape designers for their advice

DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

6 mins

JAMES WONG

The self-confessed plant geek on the fun of putting the detective work into horticulture, his love of houseplants and his fascination with Instagram

JAMES WONG

4 mins

All change

Designer Kristina Clode has transformed her clients previously dull garden by revamping a series of borders with towering perennials, hazy grasses, structural shrubs and the occasional small tree

All change

4 mins

AEONIUM

These dramatic and often statuesque succulents are finally having their moment in the sun - which is just where they like it

AEONIUM

6 mins

ED EDGE

Lead gardener Ed is heading up work on the Four Seasons Garden at The Newt in Somerset

ED EDGE

2 mins

Moving pictures

The garden of designer Jelle Grintjes is a dynamic display of creative plant combinations, which he moved plant by plant from his previous home

Moving pictures

4 mins

LETTING THE WILD IN

Like many gardeners, Alice Vincent used to want to feel in control of her garden space, but now she is learning to let go a little and welcome in the wildness

LETTING THE WILD IN

3 mins

New awakenings

Dutch designer Frank van der Linden’s garden is a study in seamlessly integrated functionality and naturalism – an approach developed more by accident than design

New awakenings

4 mins

PHIL STERLING

The ecologist who hatched a simple but effective plan to bring more moths and butterflies into our lives, on creating the right conditions for wildflowers to thrive

PHIL STERLING

3 mins

Just add water

This suburban garden has been utterly transformed to place ponds, plants and wildlife at its heart

Just add water

3 mins

Cool and unusual

Specialising in rare perennial species and 'fancy' forms of weeds, Growild Nursery in southwest Scotland prides itself on propagating all of its stock on site, organically and from scratch

Cool and unusual

4 mins

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Gardens Illustrated Magazine Description:

PublisherOur Media Ltd

CategoryGardening

LanguageEnglish

FrequencyMonthly

Gardens Illustrated features the best gardens, plants and designers around the world, making it a must for the discerning gardener.Published 12 times a year, it offers an irresistible mix of beautiful gardens and must-have plants. With stunning photography and the world's best garden writing, it offers you information and insights you won't find elsewhere.

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