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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Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Dutch Design • Join expert Keith Wiley on a five-day garden tour to explore the gardens of some of the leading names in Dutch horticulture and garden design

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

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3 FOR THE GARDEN… • STRING LINES

DIARY: MARCH

KITTED OUT • Plan ahead to use water wisely this year

March plants • Head gardener Åsa Gregers-Warg welcomes the start of spring with an unusual pink muscari, a long-flowering camellia and a tough, deciduous shrub with delicate blossom

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

THE CONSTANT GARDENER • In the last of his practical gardening series, head gardener Benjamin Pope is greeting the start of spring with cautious optimism, and sowing hardy annuals and fast-growing veg

GARDEN JOBS for March

HÉLÉNA DOVE • As the kitchen gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Hélèna grows heritage edibles alongside exploring new crops that might survive climate change

Hidden treasure • Beyond the hedges of an ordinary-looking house on a suburban road in Lancaster lies a jewel of a garden that was 30 years in the making

Events and shows 2023 • From new spring arrivals at Great Dixter through a plethora of RHS summer flower shows to autumn displays on the shores of Italy's Lake Como, our round-up of this year's best plant festivals will give you plenty to look forward to

CHAENOMELES • Flowering quinces are tough garden shrubs with delicate-looking flowers that bring some much-needed bright colour to early spring

How to grow Chaenomeles

Joys of spring • James Hitchmough's former Sheffield garden is testament to his expertise in ecology and planting design – and in spring erupts into a joyous tapestry of bulbs and self-seeding perennials

CHRIS TRIMMER • The resourceful propagator in charge of the National Trust's Plant Conservation Centre on the challenges of climate change, future-proofing gardens and why heritage can never be hurried

Piet at work • Throughout a long career, Dutch master Piet Oudolf has created many showstopping landscapes and is still developing lush perennial schemes around the world. His legacy is celebrated in a new book, with insightful essays by those who have worked with, and been inspired by, him, alongside a selection of his intricate planting plans

Crocus king • Latvian grower Jānis Rukšāns has one of the world's largest collections of bulbs, and is known to many for his crocus introductions

Outside thinking • We meet three of the garden innovators whose fresh approach to growing is helping to change the horticultural landscape

Captivating camellias • Tim Carter is a passionate collector of many different plants but in spring he is drawn to one especially beautiful, blowsy bloom

Design • News, garden design insight and sourcebook

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LEADING THE WAY • Andy Sturgeon creates flow through a sloping plot using steps and gently curving paths to link functional areas to the wooded boundary

Obelisks • Add height to beds and borders using one of these tall supports

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, the crossword and Alice Vincent

Other books • More new releases, including an analysis of the science behind gardening and...