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

Walk on the wild side

3 FOR THE GARDEN… • WILDLIFE CAMERAS

KITTED OUT • For a low-impact, sustainable, wildlife-friendly garden

WILD IDEAS • How wild is wild in the context of the average garden? And should we all be gardening differently to encourage more wildlife? Ken Thompson looks into the role gardens play as habitats for creatures great and small

ANNA MORTIMER • Responsible for Belmont Estate's organic fruit and vegetables, Anna is part of the team working to promote a wider and wilder connection with nature

Nature's way • With an almost imperceptible hand, designer Dan Pearson has conjured a ramatic landscape garden from 20 acres of Connecticut wilderness

ECHINOPS • With boldly coloured, nectar-rich flowers that are loved by pollinators, and striking foliage, these statuesque plants will add a touch of true drama to any planting scheme

How to grow Echinops

Runnings wild • A self-taught gardener with and eye for self seeders, Louisa Morgan has created a glorious garden in the Usk Valley

Cool and unusual • Specialising in rare perennial species and ‘fancy' forms of weeds, Growild Nursery in southwest Scotland prides itself on propagating all of its stock on site, organically and from scratch

Just add water • This suburban garden has been utterly transformed to place ponds, plants and wildlife at its heart

PHIL STERLING • The ecologist who hatched a simple but effective plan to bring more moths and butterflies into our lives, on creating the right conditions for wildflowers to thrive

New awakenings • Dutch designer Frank van der Linden's garden is a study in seamlessly integrated functionality and naturalism – an approach developed more by accident than design

The bad and the beautiful • Gardeners have a fraught relationship with wild plants and weeds, but there is a growing movement to appreciate the charms and biodiversity benefits of these native plants and early colonisers. To offer a fresh perspective, we've elevated typical uninvited garden guests to be the stars of exquisite cut-flower displays, inspired by art and bound to change your mind

Rewilding minds • The Walled Garden at Knepp Castle in West Sussex, reimagined to a plan by Tom Stuart-Smith, is transforming how we think about gardening

A day at Knepp Castle Walled Garden • Join our exclusive reader day this September at the home of rewilding. Discover Knepp Castle Walled Garden in West Sussex with head gardener Charlie Harpur and lead designer Tom Stuart-Smith OBE

Design • News, garden design insight and sourcebook

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK • In a California suburb where neat squares of lawn are the norm, landscape studio Terremoto has created something different

Container ponds • Explore our pick of mini ponds and water bowls for smaller spaces

DOWNTOOLS • Wild gardening book choices, the crossword, competition and Alice Vincent

Crossword

LETTING THE WILD IN • Like many gardeners, Alice Vincent used to want to feel in control of her garden space, but now she is learning to let go a little and welcome in the wildness