WORLD OF POSSIBILITY

This superb tour of the world's botanical gardens highlights their vital role in saving the planet's flora, says Claire Masset

THE FEMININE TOUCH?

Does your garden have masculine or feminine style, and does it even matter? Head gardener Benjamin Pope unpicks gardening's gender stereotypes

'If you emulate nature, you're on to a winner'

Gardener, television presenter and author Carol Klein talks about her new book, the books she loves, her current challenges and what she's up to next

FRIENDLY ADVICE

When tasked with creating a garden for her friends, designer Neive Tierney found the project came with challenges - not least the need to include a wheelchair ramp and squeeze in a saltwater swimming pool

Passing the baton

The celebrated nursery and garden at Marchants Hardy Plants in East Sussex is now being managed by a new team, who continue to inspire visitors with innovative planting

My sweet gourd

Clark Lawrence, an American living in the heart of Italy's pumpkin province, loves growing different cultivars of pumpkins and ornamental gourds for their sweet flavours and fabulous looks

ANDY JASPER

The new CEO of the Eden Project on his excitement about a new chapter, the legacy he's left at the National Trust and his joy at heading home to Cornwall

Bedding in

In just under nine years, the owners of Arvensis Nursery in Wiltshire have created a mature garden that displays their high-quality perennials

Late summer dreams

From cool pastels and foliage to hot colours, designer Jo Thompson creates three stylish container combinations for autumn

A SIGN OF THE TIMES

Inspired by the historic house and setting at Park House in Cambridgeshire, landscape architect Robert Myers has woven together traditional and contemporary design elements to create a haven for people, plants and wildlife

JAPANESE ANEMONES

These elegant blooms are perfect for brightening up late-summer and autumn borders, which makes it easier to forgive their slightly thuggish tendencies

IRYNA BOBOSHKO

A former lecturer from Ukraine, Iryna currently looks after the flower gardens at Malverleys in Hampshire

Field of dreams

The naturalistic gem Hans Gieszen has created in former meadowlands near Utrecht in the Netherlands is the culmination of a lifelong passion

PLANTING MEMORIES

Many of the plants in Nigel Slater's garden hold deeper meaning - some joyful, others more poignant - but all add another layer of pleasure when they bloom

September plants

As summer slowly eases into autumn, head gardener Andrea Brunsendorf chooses ten plants to keep the show going in the garden

STEPS TO SUCCESS

Enclosed within a rustic barn conversion, this courtyard garden contrasts riotous Mediterranean-inspired gravel planting with clean lines and a reflective pool

ANNIE GUILFOYLE

The garden polymath on the pleasures of passing on knowledge, the rewards of close observation and the circuitous route towards grounding her itchy feet

HEAVEN SCENT

As summer adds a new dimension to his garden, Nigel Slater reflects on the rewards of planting for perfume

Colour therapy

Ann-Maree Winter's joyful Australian garden became a place of solace and nurture in hard times

30 plants with interest all year

These hard-working plants provide several seasons of interest in your garden through flowers, fruit, foliage, bark and even spring shoots

PERFECT HARMONY

Rosarian Michael Marriott and TV producer Rosie Irving have very different ideas on gardening, but they have discovered the secret to sharing a single plot amicably

SUMMERFLOWERING ALLIUMS

Loved for their showy spheres, alliums have long been stalwarts of late spring, but now new introductions are extending the party through summer

Faith in the future

Marian Boswall's contemporary design for the garden of a former chapel respects the property's history while looking to the future

Summertime at Sissinghurst

Ensuring Sissinghurst’s famous roses look fabulous throughout the season is one of the many tasks keeping head gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team busy right now

FRESH APPROACH

Colm Joseph’s design for this new garden, which surrounds a modern house within a heritage setting, uses clever planting to give a historic site a contemporary feel

LAZY DAYS

Alice Vincent has had a hectic 2023, but for next year she's come up with a cunning plan to give herself more time and reduce her carbon footprint

SCULPTING THE LANDSCAPE

Charlotte Rowe's elegant design for a country garden in Hampshire fuses modern and traditional styles and captures the Zeitgeist for naturalism with a contemporary edge

Flavour of the seasons

Smallholder and former chef Julius Roberts suggests three easy, warming recipes for a winter feast with seasonal produce

JOINT ENTERPRISE

In southwest Germany, a couple have combined structural grasses and perennials with good seedheads in their garden to great effect, especially when touched by winter frost

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

There is a biodiversity loss crisis, but research into the wildlife found in gardens has made it clear just how important these spaces are as habitat. Discover how much you can learn, and gain, by identifying and documenting what you find beyond your back door