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

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June plants • As long, warm days return, nurserywoman Rosy Hardy recommends some colourful cottage garden favourites, a striking thistle and a delicate gaura

KITTED OUT • Everything a rose-lover needs for growing and enjoying their favourite bloom

HISTORYLESSONS • Knowle House garden has been restored to its original 1920s Arts and Crafts design, but with a modern planting twist from head gardener Chris Brown

WHAT’S IN A NAME? • Quite a lot when it comes to plants, as Nigel Slater discovers when he is asked to name a new sweet pea cultivar. But where to start?

SCENTED PELARGONIUMS • A group of tender plants prized as much, if not more, for the scent of their leaves as for the beauty of their flowers

SPACE TO PLAY • Designer Annie Guilfoyle unlocked the potential of the space around this charming 17th-century cottage to create a joyful family garden

SARAH BYHAM • As a trainee gardener at Benton End, Sarah is helping prepare the historic garden for its opening this summer

OUTER PEACE • Designer Erik Funneman has transformed a small, shady garden into a peaceful haven

MICHAEL PERRY • The horticulturist and plant hunter, known as ‘Mr Plant Geek', on dodging Rosemary Verey's lettuces, posing naked for charity and embracing new cultures

NATURAL CALM • Rachael White has transformed a Cotswold garden to create a tranquil space at one with nature

Unseen beauty • Painter Helen Thomas captures the essence of unloved plants and makes us see our urban streets anew

Design • News, design insights and sourcebook

QUIETLY CONFIDENT • Colm Joseph's pared-back design for this small city courtyard garden has created a calm space for its owner to relax in

Hammocks • Relaxed hammocks and hanging chairs for lounging on long, summer days

50 TOP PLANTS FOR POLLINATORS • Pollinator numbers may be in decline, but there are plenty of garden-worthy plants that can offer a helping hand

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, Q&A, the crossword and final say

FEEDING MINDS • A book that will inspire beginners and committed enthusiasts alike to explore the exciting breadth of possibilities offered by ornamental, perennial, edible plants, says Alison Jenkins

Recommended reads this month

‘I’m looking forward to an abundance of radishes’ • The chef, cookery writer and exponent of organic growing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on his carrot failures and making fibre more fun

Crossword

Can we ‘de-patio’ our gardens? • The UK’s gardens are slowly disappearing beneath concrete and paving. Jack Wallington asks what we can do to halt the trend