Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Widely regarded as the Vogue of the gardening press, Gardens Illustrated aims to inspire you with an eclectic and international editorial mix of remarkable places, plants and people. With superb photography, authoritative journalism and exceptional design, this award-winning magazine is a style bible for garden designers, garden lovers and enthusiasts alike.

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DIG IN • What's new, what's growing and what's going on this month

WHAT TO DO IN…DECEMBER

3 FOR THE GARDEN…

Gifts for gardeners • Choose the perfect present for the plant lover in your life, from these hand-picked gifts to suit all budgets

December plants • Åsa Gregers-Warg rounds off her year of plants with a winter-flowering clematis, an exotic-looking succulent and a burst of sunshine from a lemon-coloured marguerite

Places to visit • Åsa's recommendations for places to see seasonal plants at their best

DIGGING THE DIRT • As Ken Thompson explains, the key to a good soil lies both in its structure and in the life it sustains. But is any of it improved by digging?

Change of view • Designer Katie Guillebaud updated the Cotswolds garden of a garden photographer to make it picture perfect all winter

LUKE SENIOR • A former Ruth Borun scholar at Great Dixter, Luke is now one of the garden's full time gardeners

Festive flourishes • Entertain in style this Christmas with ideas for natural decorations from Swallows & Damsons

PITTOSPORUM • These evergreen shrubs come in a multitude of sizes and shapes with shiny, often variegated or colourful leaves and small scented flowers

YOUNG AT HEART • The garden of the late, great landscape architect Jacques Wirtz, which is more than 50 years old, is now being renewed by his children

MATTHEW BIGGS • Horticulture's nicest practitioner on his journey from sweeping playgrounds to Gardeners’ Question Time via offering gardening advice to insomniacs

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

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

Flavour of the seasons • Smallholder and former chef Julius Roberts suggests three easy, warming recipes for a winter feast with seasonal produce

Design • News, garden design insight and sourcebook

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

Festoon lights • Brighten up the winter evenings with our pick of the best string lights

Best gardening books of the year • Our trusted contributors choose their favourite books from 2023, plus your chance to win them all

BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Christmas crossword • Test your horticultural word skill in our bumper Christmas crossword

Stockists

ON SALE 4 JANUARY • Save money when you subscribe to the digital edition – see page 102. Also in selected Waitrose, Sainsbury's and Tesco stores, as well as WHSmith, and all good magazine retailers.

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