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.

Editor’s letter

GARDEN DESIGN FOR PROFESSIONALS AND GARDEN ENTHUSIASTS • With inspirational training at Kew Gardens, RHS Garden Wisley and online we have courses for professional designers and garden enthusiasts.

Contributors

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Gardens Illustrated Magazine

DIG IN • What’s happening, what’s in flower and what to buy this month

3 FOR THE GARDEN… CLOCHES

DIARY

KITTED OUT • For autumn clearing in the garden

October plants • Late summer may be giving way to autumn this month but Jimi’s selection still has plenty of funky foliage and hot colour, from a sizzling salvia to a vibrant kniphofia

Places to visit • Recommended places to see seasonal plants at their best

KITCHEN DUTIES • With pumpkins gathered, spring onions planted and corn salad sown, Aaron kicks back a little and potters at the stove making jams and chutneys from summer’s stored bounty

Jobs for October

JENNIFER WARNER • Former teacher Jennifer has just completed a traineeship at Audley End House and Gardens in Essex, and is now starting on the Kew Diploma in Horticulture

Stately splendour • Steeped in history and enveloped in woodland, Parcevall Hall Gardens in the Yorkshire Dales are a gardener’s delight

12 KEY PLANTS

HARMONY RESTORED • From impoverished farmland to thriving estate, a Normandy garden, revived with panache, flows effortlessly into its splendid surroundings

IN BRIEF

Spring awakening • Taking time to coax a selection of choice bulbs to flower early will reap huge rewards in late winter when colour is in short supply. Gardener Jacky Mills shows how, with a little forward planning, pots of bulbs can be brought indoors to create beautiful displays to expel the winter blues

EVERGREEN FERNS • Seen as queens among foliage plants, evergreen ferns have infinitely variable frond forms and textures, and are invaluable in trickier spots in the garden

PLANT PROFILE

Where to see and buy

Joie de vivre • Making the most of natural light and acute angles, and using naturally inspired planting, designer Ann-Marie Powell has coaxed a vibrant garden full of colour and cheer from a reluctant, steeply sided plot in the Berkshire hills

IN BRIEF

LYNNE MARCUS • The chair of the Society of Garden Designers on making a change of career, the challenge of fitting the pieces of garden design together and the unpardonable crime of laying fake grass

Show stopper • With its dramatic foliage and punchy colours, Malverleys’ Exotic Garden reaches its peak in autumn, providing one last show-stopping hurrah before head gardener Matthew Reese and his team ease the garden into winter

IN BRIEF

Globe theatres • Designer Adam Shepherd has put the skills he uses to design living walls to create spectacular living spheres

Moving around

Wild world

Easy watering

Rush of colour

How to create your own plant sphere

LED BY THE LAND • Australian designer Sam Cox has worked with the surrounding landscape to create this extraordinary garden

IN BRIEF

Design News and sourcebook

News

Indoor hanging planters • Hang your houseplants proudly with this stylish selection

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, back issues, crossword, competition, a weekend in…

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