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Tom Stuart-Smith on the Crisis Facing Rousham
One of our finest historic gardens is at risk of losing its tremendous setting: garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith hopes to change that.
Inspirational gardens
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Reservations Required: A Visit to Les Jardins de Quatre-Vents
It's never too early to plan a garden visit, particularly if the garden is only open four days a year.
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The Principles of Good Planting
Learning lessons from some great private gardens around Europe.
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Ryoan-Ji: My Garden Pilgrimage
The trip of a lifetime to see the gardens of Japan, one of which will stay with me forever.
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Vita's Other Garden - Does It Really Exist?
The story of a truly magical garden that some think may not be there anymore.
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Dixter Daze: How I Got My Hands on One of the World's Greatest Gardens
Becoming a volunteer gardener at Great Dixter has taught me so much more than practical horticulture
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A Pilgrimage to the Old Wooden Cathedral
This piece reflects on finding inspiration in nature, people, and place - spring walks, bluebell woods, and memories that shaped my Chelsea 2012 garden. Inspired by poet John Clare, it’s a reminder to slow down and let the landscape guide creativity.
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Take a Walk on the Wildside
An extraordinary garden in South Devon, where plant communities are explored and celebrated by one of this country’s best plantsmen.
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The Woodlanders
Woodland plants, both large and small, add a special new dimension to any garden.
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Rooted in Passion: a new nursery devoted to traditional techniques
At Hooton's Walled Nursery in South Yorkshire, Dean and Glenn Charlton are reclaiming the art and craft of horticulture to cultivate plants that are both beautiful and useful
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From Football Anthems to an Enchanted Garden: A Beautiful Journey
The echoes of Match of the Day in the 1980s should be a world away as I travel to discover a unique historic garden on the outskirts of Lisbon.
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Hardcore horticulture: Discovering the walled garden at Knepp
Everyone is talking about the walled garden at Knepp - it's exciting and somewhat bewildering. A garden growing on piles of crushed concrete, rubble and hardcore surely can't be anything of note, can it?