Follow the progress of our ‘adopted’ Chelsea Garden

Soil is far more than just dirt. Treating soil like dirt is one of the worst things we can do. If you underestimate the importance of soil in a garden, there is little chance of creating a successful and productive garden which can stand the test of time.

Blue Sea Holly is a striking, architectural, often silverized annual or short-lived perennial thistle you will want to grow from seed. Often seed in designer gardens, blue sea holly brings a bold dramatic effect to any garden.

Are you looking to create a sense of privacy and security in your outdoor space? A privacy fence can be an excellent solution, offering both functionality and visual appeal. In this article, we will explore various privacy fence ideas that cater to different budgets, styles, and DIY enthusiasts. From inexpensive options to innovative designs, we’ve got you covered. Let’s dive in and discover the perfect privacy fence for your needs!

James Lloyd-Jones photographed at his company’s Innovation Centre in Bristol, where different crops and new technology are trialled

This article is part of our new 8-week, limited edition newsletter series, The Low-Water Gardening Guide, where we’ll walk you through what it takes to create a sustainable garden, from swapping in the appropriate plants to new irrigation methods to the tools you’ll need and more. Sign up here to get each installment straight to your inbox.

Part of a garden editor’s job is to always be on the lookout for new garden trends, and when not one, but four friends tell me they’re putting in bocce ball, my meter goes bing! “I love my bocce ball court,” says Julian Cautherley, a documentary film producer in Los Angeles (who also happens to be my daughter’s dad). “I put it in last fall, and it’s become the social center of my garden. Guests are just drawn to it—and it wasn’t expensive to put in, either.” 

Vines are the best way to transform the look of your dull walls and landscapes! They last for decades and get more beautiful each year! Here are some of the Best Perennial Vines for new as well as experienced gardeners!

I found the big show gardens a big disappointment. It’s telling that I took very few photographs of them, while I took plenty of my favourite small gardens. I did photograph a few for their curiosity value rather than their inspiring ideas. The Azorean Garden reflects the fact that volcan

Plants that Pleased at Chelsea I’ve been trawling through my many images of Chelsea and. Some are just for admiring – others I may well emulate. Orange was definitely the colour du jour with geums, verbascums and erysimums popping up in many of the gardens.

The Sultry Splendours of Singapore En route to Australia we spent two nights in Singapore.  It is an extraordinary place and left and impression of fabulous botany and an amazing mix of ancient and contemporary architecture.  It’s a long time since I have been somewhere that humid, so there was no racing from spot to spot, but in between retreating to air-conditioned interiors, we did visit both the Botanic Garden and the Gardens by the Bay and loved them both.

The Crumbling Beauty of Bantry House & Garden Bantry Bay House and the surrounding gardens must have been breath taking in their heyday, but even now in old age there is still great beauty to be seen. In a country where so many old buildings have been destroyed and replaced with structures of questionable merit it is a delight to see somewhere so touchingly lovely.

The Great Wall of Otley © Kate Dundas It’s March, th