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20/06/2024

Are you heading to see (smell) them?

Two remarkable and rare plants, that are also incredibly smelly, are flowering at the same time at Kew Gardens

20/06/2024

Plant out brassica seedlings. In the ground, they will need to be around 45cm apart.

Key jobs for the kitchen garden this month 👇

Vegetable gardener Aaron Bertelsen writes on how a kitchen garden grows. Illustration by Alice Pattullo

20/06/2024

She is an obsessive Italophile and travels there annually for the Bergamo landscape festival (she’s on the selection committee), to run workshops, and at any other opportunity she gets.

We interview designer Annie Guilfoyle on the grounding influence of gardening and her love of teaching.

20/06/2024

Held as close as possible to the summer solstice, Glastonbury Festival has always aligned itself with a connection to the outdoors and to nature.

Find out about the gardens that occupy The Green Fields at Glastonbury Festival, in the area's 40th anniversary year.

20/06/2024

Discover over 40 beautifully curated independent stalls at the Borde Hill Garden Festival this June. GI members can also enjoy 20% off tickets

All the big names in one place. Here's our guide to the gardening calendar's biggest and best gardening events for the year ahead

19/06/2024

Borde Hill Garden Festival takes place this June. Explore curated stalls, attend talks by experts, and enjoy live music. Book now with Gardens Illustrated members enjoying a 20% discount

Adults: £18 Members (Borde Hill / RHS / Gardens Illustrated / The Newt / Chelsea Physic Garden): £14.40 Children (3-16 years): £8 Festival Talks: £10 per person (booking required) Fringe events are included in the ticket price

19/06/2024

Everything you need to know about persicaria ⬇️

Plant expert Rory Dusoir gives advice on how to grow persicaria, plus the best cultivars to grow – and explains plant name changes, including bistorta.

19/06/2024

12 of the best garden parasols for summer style: modern and vintage-inspired ☀️ Read our guide: https://www.gardensillustrated.com/garden-equipment/lifestyle/best-garden-parasols

19/06/2024

Enjoy curated talks from leading garden designers, including a panel discussion hosted by Gardens Illustrated's Editor Stephanie Mahon

19/06/2024

Would a vegetable garden feature in your dream garden? 🥕✨

Kate Humble tells Talking Gardens host, Stephanie Mahon, that among the many elements she would feature in her fantasy space, a vegetable garden would be at the top of the list.

Listen to the full episode here ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

19/06/2024

Sissinghurst’s head gardener Troy Scott Smith guides us through the jobs that he and his team do in spring.

Sissinghurst’s head gardener Troy Scott Smith guides us through the jobs that he and his team do in summer. Images by John Campbell

19/06/2024

And while this film of her book is very light-weight on statistics and processes, it is filled to the brim of joy, wonder and hope. 🦋

We review the new WIlding movie, based on Isabella Tree's best-selling book of the same name about Knepp Castle

19/06/2024

Here's information on the gardens at Hampton Court this year.

Everything you need to know about RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2024

19/06/2024

'Perhaps surprisingly, there is nothing grand at Sissinghurst; instead a relaxed atmosphere hugs the garden like a familiar overcoat.'

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.

19/06/2024

For someone whose life is built around the creation of beautiful gardens, Annie Guilfoyle has remarkably itchy feet.

We interview designer Annie Guilfoyle on the grounding influence of gardening and her love of teaching.

19/06/2024

Our July issue will be on sale tomorrow 💥

It is packed with dreamy gardens from around the world, the most beautiful plants to grow and inspiring people.

This month’s cover is from ‘s garden in Australia, shot by

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💫A coastal garden designed by
💫The best new forms of lavender to grow
💫A small city garden for wildlife and play
💫Three beautiful planting schemes for pots from
💫A London roof terrace by
💫 on relaxing in the garden
💫An Australian garden brimming with colour
💫The best flowers for drying
💫Behind the scenes at
💫 on making his garden easier to manage

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19/06/2024

Gardener and chef Aaron Bertelsen picks the jobs you should be doing in the kitchen garden this month.

Key jobs to get done in your vegetable garden this month 👇

Vegetable gardener Aaron Bertelsen writes on how a kitchen garden grows. Illustration by Alice Pattullo

19/06/2024

Have you seen it in gardens recently? 🧐

Discover Hay Palissade furniture, the garden furniture that all the top designers are using and find out where you can buy it

18/06/2024

When did gardening become fun for you?

Lauded planting designer Professor Nigel Dunnett tells Talking Gardens host about the pivotal point he discovered gardening could be funny after reading Christohpher Lloyd’s ‘The Well-Tempered Garden’ at age eleven.

Listen to the full episode here ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

18/06/2024

Who else is going to Hampton Court this year?

Everything you need to know about RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2024

18/06/2024

1) Add hardy annuals

2) Tie in clematis

3) Sow biennials

Sissinghurst’s head gardener Troy Scott Smith guides us through the jobs that he and his team do in spring. Images by John Campbell

18/06/2024

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Two remarkable and rare plants, that are also incredibly smelly, are flowering at the same time at Kew Gardens

18/06/2024

We've found some of the best and most durable landscape fabrics, including some more eco-friendly options, to keep your garden in shape! Read our guide below 👇

Protect your garden from w**ds with our selection of the most environmentally-friendly landscape fabrics.

18/06/2024

'The garden is subtle yet striking, muscular yet free-flowing, spontaneous yet tight. The garden exhibits an unerring sense of proportion and detail but takes nothing away from its surroundings.'

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.

18/06/2024

The go-to garden furniture of designers: why Hay Palissade is just so popular

https://www.gardensillustrated.com/garden-equipment/outdoor-living/hay-palissade-furniture-what-buy

📸 Richard Bloom

18/06/2024

Heading to next week? There's more than music on offer! Here's a guide for plant lovers...

Discover things to do at Glastonbury, from gardens to wood-turning workshops, this is everything gardeners should see at the festival in 2024.

18/06/2024

Michael Marriott explains how to actually care for your roses.

Do you really need to deadhead your roses? Here, leading rosarian Michael Marriott busts six myths we all thought we knew about roses

17/06/2024

We've rounded up a handful of our favourite raised beds on the market, with a range of different designs and price tags. Read our comprehensive guide below.

Looking for raised bed ideas for your garden? Here's our comprehensive guide to the best designs on the market right now.

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Would a vegetable garden feature in your dream garden? 🥕✨ Kate Humble tells Talking Gardens host, Stephanie Mahon, that among the many elements she would feature in her fantasy space, a vegetable garden would be at the top of the list. Listen to the full episode here ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

When did gardening become fun for you? Lauded planting designer Professor Nigel Dunnett tells Talking Gardens host @hortihack about the pivotal point he discovered gardening could be funny after reading Christohpher Lloyd’s ‘The Well-Tempered Garden’ at age eleven. Listen to the full episode here ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

Would a vegetable garden feature in your dream garden? 🥕✨ @kmhumble tells Talking Gardens host, @hortihack, that among the many elements she would feature in her fantasy space, a vegetable garden would be at the top of the list. Head to the link in our bio to listen to the full episode 🎧 #vegatablegarden #peterrabbit #talkinggardens #podcast

What’s your biggest gardening failure? Award-winning garden designer @Andy Sturgeon Garden Design confesses to his most recent planting fail involving a truckload of frozen mush on the newest season of Talking Gardens. Listen to the full episode here ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

Why don’t people like ivy? It’s evergreen, great for screening or covering eyesores, and usually free, so what’s not to love? Katy Merrington cultural gardener at The Hepworth Wakefield gallery garden in Yorkshire, explains to Talking Gardens host Stephanie Mahon, why she thinks we should reconsider this ubiquitous but unpopular plant. What do you think? Let us know in the comments👇 Listen today ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

Are you caught up on season 3 of the Talking Gardens podcast? Catch up here ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

This season, listen in to discover who would want a napping tree and a cup of tea that never goes cold; who Ann-Marie Powell has been Insta-stalking; why Andy Sturgeon would need an entire multiverse to create his dream garden; and how Jimi Blake dodges bears while botanising. Tune in today ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

🎧 Have you listened to season 3 of our Talking Gardens podcast? Listen today ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

🎙️ Don't miss season 3 of the Talking Gardens podcast ➡ https://link.chtbl.com/Uk-g5qum

In her episode of Talking Gardens garden designer and TV presenter, Arit Anderson creates her dream garden, choosing the wow factor of Dan Hinkley’s Wyndcliffe garden on the sea and a West Country sunset. Listen today 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/8LMiHg9o

Why don’t people like ivy? It’s evergreen, great for screening or covering eyesores, and usually free, so what’s not to love? @katymerrington cultural gardener at The Hepworth Wakefield gallery garden in Yorkshire, explains why she thinks we should reconsider this ubiquitous but unpopular plant, in the latest episode of the Talking Gardens podcast. What do you think? Let us know in the comments👇 Head to the link in our bio to listen to the full episode today 🎧 #ivy #garden #talkinggardens #podcast

Gardener and garden writer Tamsin Westhorpe talks about her dream garden, from the lived-in atmosphere of an old Arts and Crafts garden to the coastal landscape of The Durrells in Corfu. Listen today 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/8LMiHg9o

Discover why Isabel Bannerman thinks naturalistic planting looks like hard work, how she is no good at growing vegetables and where she would go in a time machine 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/8LMiHg9o

How to deadhead and snap bearded irises

Are your bearded irises going over? Here's Troy Scott Smith head gardener at Sissinghurst Castle - National Trust on his way of chopping them back and deadheading. For more advice on caring for bearded irises, head to our guide https://www.gardensillustrated.com/plants/bearded-iris-how-to-grow 🎥 John Campbell

Gardener and writer Arthur Parkinson describes his dream of a walled garden with orangery, and all manner of plants and birds 🦩🌸 Listen to the full episode today 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/8LMiHg9o

Discover why Piet Oudolf enjoys creating gardens in the public realm, why he closed his nursery and garden and what he has planned for exciting upcoming projects, including the reimagining of his borders at RHS Garden Wisley. Listen today 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/8LMiHg9o

What’s your biggest gardening failure? Award-winning garden designer Andy Sturgeon confesses to his most recent planting fail involving a truckload of frozen mush on this week’s episode of Talking Gardens. Head to the link in our bio to listen to the full episode 🎧 #gardenfails #podcast #talkinggardens #andysturgeon

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Widely regarded as the ‘Vogue’ of gardening media, Gardens Illustrated has won widespread acclaim for its superb photography, authoritative journalism and exceptional design in print and online. Produced 13 times a year and sold in more than 70 countries, it aims to inspire readers by offering a rich editorial mix of remarkable gardens, plants and people.

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