Gardens Illustrated - March 2025

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Benton End at iris time - Join our exclusive reader day at Cedric Morris’s famous Suffolk home and garden while it is in the process of renewal.
Nature’s playground - Dutch garden and landscape designer Arjan Boekel has transformed his tiny town garden in the Netherlands into a woodland space for all the family.

Past perfect

Every generation that has lived at Doddington Place in Kent has played a part in the evolution of the garden, resulting in a graceful and historical mix of then and now

3 mins

LEWISIA

These brightly coloured, early spring-flowering alpine plants are perfect for rock and crevice gardens or tumbling down a stone wall

5 mins

All in good time

Alongside his Midlands nursery, John Massey has created a glorious garden that has been allowed to mature gradually

4 mins

Seasonal shift

In the first of a new container-planting series, James Horner, garden maker at Benton End, the one-time home of the artist and plantsman Cedric Morris, suggests three arrangements to celebrate spring

5 mins

CHRIS THOROGOOD

The deputy director and head of science at Oxford Botanic Garden on his early obsession with squirting cucumbers, his detailed botanic art and clambering over cliff edges

3 mins

NATURE'S PLAYGROUND

Dutch garden and landscape designer Arjan Boekel has transformed his tiny town garden in the Netherlands into a miniature woodland glade

4 mins

Thrown and grown

Flower farmer and florist Rachel Siegfried reveals how a passion for pottery has led to her designing and throwing vases for her seasonally grown blooms

4 mins

Private passion

For more than 50 years, Maurice Foster has been amassing a collection of woody plants in his garden at White House Farm, which has grown into a precious horticultural resource

4 mins

A cure for all ills?

In his final column, Dr Richard Claxton looks at how spending time in gardens and green spaces can actually help prevent illness and aid in its treatment

3 mins

ON ANOTHER LEVEL

With a brief to create a terraced garden in the Ibizan countryside, designer Juan Masedo has balanced the ancient and the modern in a remarkably subtle scheme

3 mins

FRONT GARDEN IDEAS

Designer Charlotte Harris offers inspiration and advice on making the most of the small awkward space outside your front door

10 mins

HOME STYLE

Maddie Bailey of Forest London shares advice on the best houseplants to grow in awkward areas

5 mins

A FINE ROMANCE

In her thoughtful new book, designer Jo Thompson shows how her trademark style can be modernised with a commitment to biodiversity, says Claire Masset

3 mins

'Don't think everything has to be perfect'

Garden designer and TV presenter Adam Frost on the year that changed his attitude to life, the book that came out of it and what he's up to next

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.