Gardens Illustrated Magazine - April 2023

In this issue

Plantsperson’s favourites
Åsa Gregers-Warg, head gardener at Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens, chooses her top ten plants for April.

Plant profile: Ranunculus
Head gardener Tom Brown looks at some of the beautiful florist’s cultivars ushering in a new era of spring colour for containers and borders.

Artistry of nature

Within the bucolic garden of his family farm, Emmanuel de Quillacq has created a contemporary space inspired by the local Flemish art

3 mins

RANUNCULUS

Ranunculus asiaticus has long been a popular florist's flower, but a number of new garden cultivars can now offer home growers spring colour for the garden and vase

7 mins

Room for a view

Stefano Marinaz has created year-round interest in this small urban garden, providing spaces to share with friends and with wildlife

5 mins

GEMMA JEROME

The director of Building with Nature on the need to put nature at the heart of development, and why we may have to rethink our desire for our own private gardens

3 mins

Colour magic

In his garden in the Irish village of Kiltegan artist TJ Maher paints with plants, which in mid to late spring means tulips galore

4 mins

Grass roots

Bio-designer Zena Holloway goes back to basics with her organic sculptures, fashioned from wheatgrass grown at home

3 mins

Natural selection

At Twelve Nunns Nursery in Lincolnshire, it has taken 20 years for three new erythroniums to be offered for sale

5 mins

Flow of ideas

A creative meeting of minds has produced a dramatic spring garden of contrasts, with water at its heart

4 mins

Sow where they grow

Sowing seeds where they are to grow is an easy, bother-free way to bring colour to your garden. Here, three experts recommend their favourite flowers for growing direct

4 mins

TRUE COLOURS

Do gardens need a carefully considered colour scheme, or are they better when a mix of spontaneous, clashing colours come to the fore? Alice Vincent is undecided

3 mins

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Gardens Illustrated Magazine Description:

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.