We know its cold outside but whipping out your camera and capturing the beauty of wildlife is as good a reason as any to get outdoors and into your garden. Marianne Majerus, a world-renowned garden photographer and RHS Photographic Competition 2017 judge, provides her top photography tips for creating great-quality images that you’ll be proud … Read more
Get in the spirit of the season and turn your patio, conservatory or garden table into a Halloween spooktacular! Perhaps you’ve been growing pumpkins and squash varieties and can only eat so much pie and soup! Then put the surplus to good use int he display, planting them up with contrasting seasonal bedding such as … Read more
Salvias are fantastic to drop into borders to fill gaps after earlier flowers such as lupins and poppies have faded. Due to their long flowering periods they’re perfect for jazzing up clumps of asters, anemones. Half of them come from Asia and Europe and these include largely shrubby and herbaceous types, but the other half of … Read more
A NORTH LONDON PLOT WITH A THOROUGHLY MODERN TWIST Spencer Viner is a garden designer and landscape architect with a fascination for Japanese gardens. His small, square garden is his outside room and a place to relax away from the hustle and bustle of North London. However, when he arrived 10 years ago, he inherited … Read more
Ask the professionals: Our professional panel answer questions about DIY, eco design, mortgages, cleansing, architecture, customer problems and greater question: ‘i would just like the the front of my domestic to appearance greater presentable for the summer season. How can i spruce it up?’ Caroline Tilston says: never underestimate the power of tidying! We tend … Read more
A double-fronted Georgian town house in Ludlow has been treated to a redesign by Caroline Harrowby. Here, we look at its garden… Alexander James The Gothick summer house The owners had had their eye on the house for some time when it came up for sale. They didn’t move in straight away, which gave them the … Read more
Charlie Harpur is a junior landscape designer at Tom Stuart-Smith where he spends his weeks considering everything from the broader landscape to the precise species of plants to be used in gardens – he plots swathes of trees, drifts of prairie and blocks of blooms. Having trained as an architect at the University of Bath and KTH in Stockholm the … Read more
A collaboration between Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll is a wonderful legacy and the current owners of Folly Farm in Berkshire have fully embraced the restoration of their Arts and Crafts garden A decade ago, Folly Farm in Berkshire had fallen from view; its once-renowned garden had begun to fade and decline. But after intense … Read more
Jonny Bruce, the current Christopher Lloyd scholar at Great Dixter in East Sussex, made the voyage to Orquidedeario Octavio in Oaxaca to see a collection of over 1200 species of Mexico’s native orchids A solitary dog barking whilst a man of indecipherable age bends to collect plastic bottles discarded along the verge. This was my first sight as … Read more
Choosing the right material for patio flooring can be tricky. From decking, bricks, paving or gravel – which is the best option for your garden? TERRIFIC TIMBER GETTY Decking is great for many situations such as uneven surfaces, slightly sloping sites and sunny areas. But in a shady spot the porous nature of wood means that rainwater may make the deck slippery. And … Read more