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.

Editor’s letter

Contributors

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Gardens are for people

News

3 FOR THE GARDEN… WATERPROOF BOOTS

Diary

KITTED OUT • For bulb planting

October plants • As Keith’s attention starts to move to foliage plants, he also chooses a flame-coloured chrysanthemum and a coral-pink nerine to bring some warmth to October’s cooler days

Places to visit • Recommended places to see seasonal plants at their best*

HARD LESSONS • Temperatures may be dropping but Aaron advises growing plants hard as a bit of harsh treatment now will give you stronger, healthier plants that will be able to spring back into growth more quickly next year

Jobs for October

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR CROPS

MATTHEW OLIVER • Researching and growing interesting edible plants from around the world is at the heart of Matthew’s role as head of RHS Hyde Hall’s Global Growth Vegetable Garden

Mood music • Surrounding a barn conversion in Oxfordshire, designer Angus Thompson has created a rhythmical garden that offers subtle variations on a textural theme

IN BRIEF

Balancing act • Design studio Acres Wild has created a garden around a former stable block that matches traditional and contemporary planting and design

IN BRIEF

PERSICARIA • A versatile genus of perennials with late season, brightly coloured flower spikes on hearty green plants from July through to late October

PLANT PROFILE

Where to see

Where to buy

Flexible fronds • Offering beautiful foliage shape and texture, ferns are easy to grow and equally easy to propagate

The long view • Rolling out towards the Essex countryside, the garden alongside Long House Plants offers a beautiful foretaste of how its plants will mature

OLIVIA CHAPPLE • The co-founder of the charity Horatio’s Garden on channelling personal grief into a series of gardens that are helping to transform the lives of patients recovering from spinal injuries

BULBS FOR POLLINATORS • By carefully choosing the bulbs, corms and tubers we order now, gardeners can help provide pollinators with a reliable source of nectar. We select some of the best

WINTER AND EARLY SPRING

SPRING

LATE SPRING, SUMMER AND AUTUMN

WHERE TO BUY BULBS • A selection of some of the best suppliers offering a good choice of bulbs that put insects to the fore

Call of the wild • Designer Barbara Samitier has transformed an urban orchard into a stylish, wildlife-friendly garden for a couple who love mid-century design as much as they love nature

Contrast and harmony

INSIDE EDGE • In the first of a new three-part series, Malverleys’ head gardener, Matthew Reese shares expert secrets for creating stylish displays of houseplants, beginning with an exotic-looking mix of orchids, begonias and ferns

Plants

Where to buy

Flowering tradition • James Rowe is continuing the family tradition of growing cut flowers in land nestled around a medieval priory

IN BRIEF

ARTFUL DESIGN • News and sourcebook

News

Spades • Make light work of digging this autumn with an efficient, long-handled spade

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, reader offer, crossword, back issues

BOOK REVIEWS

Other books • From mastering the basics of no dig gardening...