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

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

3 FOR THE GARDEN…

KITTED OUT • For keeping chickens

April plants • As spring progresses, head gardener Åsa Gregers-Warg takes pleasure in the unfurling crosiers of an Asian fern and the ever-changing colours of a perennial wallflower

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

30 years of GARDENS ILLUSTRATED • As Gardens Illustrated turns 30, we look back over the past three decades at the 30 landmark moments that have transformed and defined gardening and gardens

SAM HICKMOTT • At 25, Sam is the National Trust's youngest head gardener, looking after two of its Arts and Crafts gems – Lytes Cary and Tintinhull – in Somerset

Artistry of nature • Within the bucolic garden of his family farm, Emmanuel de Quillacq has created a contemporary space inspired by the local Flemish art

RANUNCULUS • Ranunculus asiaticus has long been a popular florist's flower, but a number of new garden cultivars can now offer home growers spring colour for the garden and vase

How to grow Ranunculus

Room for a view • Stefano Marinaz has created year-round interest in this small urban garden, providing spaces to share with friends and with wildlife

GEMMA JEROME • The director of Building with Nature on the need to put nature at the heart of development, and why we may have to rethink our desire for our own private gardens

Colour magic • In his garden in the Irish village of Kiltegan artist TJ Maher paints with plants, which in mid to late spring means tulips galore

Grass roots • Bio-designer Zena Holloway goes back to basics with her organic sculptures, fashioned from wheatgrass grown at home

Natural selection • At Twelve Nunns Nursery in Lincolnshire, it has taken 20 years for three new erythroniums to be offered for sale

Flow of ideas • A creative meeting of minds has produced a dramatic spring garden of contrasts, with water at its heart

Sow where they grow • Sowing seeds where they are to grow is an easy, bother-free way to bring colour to your garden. Here, three experts recommend their favourite flowers for growing direct

Design • News, garden design insight and sourcebook

Hidden depths • Careful sculpting transforms a sloping garden into an immersive space to be enjoyed rather than a showpiece to be seen

Swing seats • While away the hours in comfort with one of these relaxing swing seats

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, reader offer, the crossword and Alice Vincent

Other books • Learn about mosses, get your houseplants to flourish, or just chill out with the art of Zen and some of April's other new picks.

Huge savings on erythroniums • from Twelve Nunns Nursery*

Crossword

TRUE COLOURS • Do gardens need a carefully considered colour scheme, or are they better when a mix of spontaneous, clashing colours come to the fore? Alice Vincent is undecided