Through the Garden Gates
Square Eyes on the World
When you can't get to the garden, the garden must come to you...
Through the Garden Gates
Our favourite gardens: A series of pieces from the Garden Collective and guests about the one place that feels incredibly special.
Autobiography
Of Dogs’ Graves, Sham Grottoes and Plum Buns
Taking inspiration from a new garden and an old curmudgeon
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London's Hidden City Gardens
You may have walked past it but behind the gates is a garden of delights
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A garden full of surprises
It is important that your garden offers reassuring continuity but surprises are often welcome
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A new garden in an old place for a long-reigning queen
A two acre garden that's free to enter, growing on tonnes of crushed concrete, moments away from Baker Street. Is it on your list to visit?
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Goodbye to my Portuguese garden
Six years of a steep learning curve
Plantspeople
Celebrating The Miss Trunchbull of Gardening
It's International Women's Day, and I've discovered a gardening pioneer who started a Girls' School for Gardening
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The Secret Spell of Ireland’s Most Unlikely Garden
Uncover how ecologist Carl Wright transformed a derelict house and barren limestone into a botanical wonder in County Clare—read on for inspiration and a unique peek inside his secret garden.
Garden history
Tone on Tone: The Romantic Chaos of Norah Lindsay's Gardens
The glamorous, unconventional world of Norah Lindsay, the garden designer whose wit, vision, and bold planting transformed the gardens of society—saving herself from near destitution
Christmas
Eight Simple Promises for a More Joyful Gardening Year
Next year, I am going to ensure gardening is even more at the heart of my life: care to join me?
Trees
Trees across Three Continents
Recent travels in search of trees shine a light on the need for tree planting at home.
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The Secret Suffolk Tradescant Garden
Our Suffolk coastal village is packed with celebrities but a chance conversation with a neighbour revealed a true superstar - the father of modern gardening - John Tradescant the Elder - created a garden up the road from me. I went to take a look.