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Nature's Widest Canvas
At their home in Vermont, Susan and Rick Richter have collaborated with master stone worker Dan Snow to create a stunning structured landscape
Juan Grimm
The renowned Chilean landscape architect on responding to topography, his passion for evergreens, and why herbaceous perennials are overrated
Rich Heritage
As Parham House in West Sussex prepares to plants out bulbs for next spring, head gardener Tom Brown looks back at one of his favourite tulip combinations
In The Garden
Jojo takes inspiration from a long-established kitchen garden as she considers how to train fruit in her narrow back garden
Sam Pagett
After gaining several years of gardening experience in the UK, Sam is extending his horticultural knowledge with a stint at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.
Golden Glory
The sheer magnitude and beauty of the daffodils in Felley Priory’s spring garden have been known to move grown men to tears.
Jimi Blake
Hunting Brook Gardens are as boldly idiosyncratic as their creator, who gains his inspiration while bouncing up and down to 1970s club classics.
Joe Sharman
Known to galanthophiles the world over as the snowdrop grower with the Midas touch, the Monksilver Nursery owner came to wider acclaim when his snowdrop struck gold on eBay.
Adam Frost
The Gardeners’ World presenter and seven times Chelsea Gold medallist on working with Geoff Hamilton, laver and bacon sandwiches and why he won’t be giving up coaching junior goalkeepers
Flights Of Fancy
Embrace uneven landscapes, advises garden designer James Alexander-Sinclair. Those lumps and bumps are the perfect excuse for installing the steps of your dreams.
Reflections On Nature
A mirror pool with the right planting, designed in conjunction with the house, brings the beauty of water into a small space
Rising To The Challenge
Designer Ann-Marie Powell has transformed a sloping rural front garden with terracing and a jostling jamboree of planting
Joys Of The Black Stuff
Pontefract was once a centre of liquorice cultivation. Now Robert and Heather Copley are growing it once more on their farm
Cosmos
New and recent introductions make colourful cosmos as brilliant in the garden as it is in the vase.
Romke Van De Kaa
The accidental gardener who worked at Great Dixter, ran a nursery with Piet Oudolf and is now one of the Netherlands’ most respected garden journalists
Final Fling
While at this time of year most of us are scrambling to buy and plant out bulbs for spring, Frank finds time to stop and marvel at the beauty of autumn bulbs and corms
Flavour Of The Garden
Gravetye Manor in West Sussex is renowned for its glorious gardens, but in a wild orchard on the edge of the garden, head gardener Tom Coward is reintroducing a taste of the garden’s fruitful past
Species Pelargoniums
Species plants and primary hybrids have a delicacy that is far removed from the blowsy blooms normally associated with the Pelargonium genus
Will Smithson
An epiphany in New Zealand led to a career change for former recruitment consultant Will Smithson. He’s now head gardener at South Wood Farm, designed by Arne Maynard
Paul Barney
The owner of the deliciously surprising Edulis Nursery on his bohemian childhood, following in Gerald Durrell’s footsteps and the ferry journey that changed his life
Gardens Of Hope
Far from being temporary, refugee camps can provide accommodation for displaced people for many years. Gardens bring stability, beauty and dignity.
Hedges
Domestic hedges are more than just dividing lines; they can be ornamental in their own right. James Alexander-Sinclair considers the options, depending on your taste and situation
Tender Loving Care
Even as winter prepares to loosen its grip, Frank finds himself worrying about the tender plants that might not survive its final blast
A Nod To The Irish
Coosheen on the south coast of Ireland is a Mecca for snowdrop fans with a collection that emphasises the Irish cultivars
Lord Howick
Searching for wild tree species to include in the arboretum at his ancestral home, has taken Charlie Howick on adventures around the world
In At The Deep End
Fitting a swimming pool into a triangular plot, with a brief to lose all the angles, presented garden designer Bart Hoes with a challenge.
To Gaze On Beauty
With a brief to bring in the landscape, Tom de Witte and Corrine Lecluyse have designed a garden without boundaries at the home of a former music producer in the Lot region of France.
Pastures New
Nothing beats the romance of a beautiful meadow, as countless poets, scriptwriters and even chocolate manufacturers will testify. But it’s notoriously difficult to create one yourself.
Marginal Benefits
A new books turns Frank’s ideas on turf fertility upside down. Could now be the time to rethink his plans on how to breathe life back into his neglected borders?
Danny Wilcockson
Working at Trentham with its combination of heritage ‘Capability’ Brown landscape and Piet Oudolf’s contemporary planting gives Danny a varied day-to-day challenge