Gardening
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THE INSTANT ERA IS OVER
Instant gardens are still in high demand, says designer Miria Harris, but if we want to build a sustainable future, it's time to embrace slowing down
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December 2025
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A TOUCH OF FROST
As nurseryman and gardener Adrian Bloom reveals, the gardens at Bressingham develop a whole new dimension in the depths of winter
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December 2025
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The art of the edit
Robert and Anna Dalrymple have transformed the gardens around their Scottish farmhouse into a beautifully composed space that balances art with nature
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December 2025
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MAHONIA
Content to grow in shady spots and poor soil, these unfussy evergreen shrubs with bright, fragrant blooms are excellent for lifting the winter gloom
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December 2025
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SEASON'S GREETINGS
Artist Fiona Pickles shows how, with just a few seasonal elements and dried summer flowers, you can create a stylish welcome for guests at Christmas
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December 2025
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GIVING YOUR BEST
'Tis the season for gifting, and Nigel Slater has his eyes on the perfect present
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December 2025
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FRANCINE RAYMOND
The acclaimed gardener, chicken fancier, designer and writer on a productive and sustainable life
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December 2025
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FROZEN IN TIME
In winter, the gardens surrounding Brodsworth Hall pay careful homage to their Edwardian heyday, without sticking rigidly to the past
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December 2025
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A CUT ABOVE
Topiary adds to the charm of Highgrove, but keeping it fit for a king takes skill, imagination and plenty of patience
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December 2025
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Winter wonderland
The award-winning garden designer Jo Thompson (right) has redesigned and officially reopened the Winter Garden at RHS Garden Rosemoor in Devon - just in time for visitors to explore it as part of this month's festive RHS Glow illuminations.
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December 2025
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Winter haven
John Little’s experimental garden is a sanctuary for wildlife in winter, when the structure behind its summer abundance is revealed
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December 2025
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DIG IN
What's new, what's growing and what's going on this month
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December 2025
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Gardening books of the year 2025
Whether you're looking for a fabulous Christmas gift or a great read to enjoy through the long winter nights, find the perfect book among our top picks
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December 2025
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Enduring beauty
Piet Oudolf has transformed a former poultry farm in Berkshire into an all-season garden of contrasting colours and sculptural forms
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December 2025
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CARLEY WOOTTON
New Yorker Carley is overseeing the move of the Story Garden from its current site at the British Library to a nearby brownfield site
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December 2025
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December plants
In the last of his series sharing highlights from his own garden, Dan Pearson selects an early flowering snowdrop, translucent seedpods and a winter-flowering iris
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December 2025
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If I can't find a label I think, “I'll remember that.” But I don't'
The celebrated garden designer Mary Keen on the importance of gardening over design, not killing pelargoniums and forgetting what she’s planted
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November 2025
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A DIFFERENT LEVEL
Over 20 years, Emily Erlam has nurtured and edited the plants in her sloping city garden to create an intriguing, immersive space
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November 2025
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STOP SAYING 'REWILDING
You don't need a country estate to make the world a little wilder, says James Canton. Think of renaturing rather than rewilding, and every modest act makes a difference
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November 2025
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CHARLOTTE ROWE
The award-winning garden designer on honouring her grandfather and taking the plunge on a midlife career change
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November 2025
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DESIGN FOR LIFE
We all want to put our own stamp on our gardens, but as Nigel Slater discovered, it pays to seek professional help
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November 2025
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Northern soul
Around their Cumbrian home, designers Julie Toll and Ian Kitson have created a contemporary garden fully embedded in its heritage location
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November 2025
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TESTING GROUND
Emily Crowley-Wroe has used her own front garden in the Cotswolds to trial design and planting ideas
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November 2025
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SISTER ACT
Two food-obsessed sisters have turned a mission to create exciting meat-free meals into a thriving mushroom business
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November 2025
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IN GOOD COMPANY
Kate Bradbury finds Jenny Uglow's biography of Gilbert White, the 18th-century naturalist and clergyman, and a fellow chronicler of nature, an absolute joy
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November 2025
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EARLY CAMELLIAS
The group of camellias known as 'sasanquas' flower in autumn to early winter, bringing much-needed colour and often delicious scent to late-season gardens
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November 2025
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On the edge
For her own garden, designer Lucy Willcox has transformed a sloping site, blending the wildness of a neighbouring common with the sharp lines of her 1960s home
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November 2025
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FAMILY FORTUNE
Designer Tom Simpson used his professional knowledge – and many plants from his show gardens – to transform the garden of his family's modern house in Devon
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November 2025
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BURNING BRIGHT
Ablaze with astonishing autumn colour, Evenley Wood's impressive collection of trees and shrubs places this Northamptonshire garden – already well known for its spring bulb displays – even more firmly on the map
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October 2025
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STROKE OF GENIUS
For this Nantucket island hideaway, the cedar-shingled buildings are nestled around a courtyard with an archetypal meadow by Piet Oudolf
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