The English Garden

Enjoy over 60 beautiful gardens a year with The English Garden. Every issue features country, city, cottage and coastal gardens, with advice on how to recreate them. Be inspired by articles written by the country's top garden designers and discover the best plant varieties for your garden, chosen by expert nurserymen and plantspeople.

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Welcome

THE ENGLISH GARDEN

People to Meet • Introducing the gardeners and public figures we most admire in British horticulture

Arit’s favourite gardens

Out & About • Unmissable events, news and the very best gardens to visit this month

Things to Do • Keep up to date in the garden with our monthly guide to key gardening tasks from Troy Scott Smith, head gardener at Iford Manor

A few perennials to divide now

September checklist • Plant bulbs & harvest crops

Nature to Note • The wonder of wildlife in the garden and countryside this month

Plant for our Planet • Initiative aims to tackle climate change

Retro Living • Step back in time with these classic outdoor furnishings and accessories to suit any garden

Head Start • Make the most of the warm soil and get set for a spring display by planting bulbs in autumn

Ode to JOY • Exuberance is order of the day at this joyously abundant garden near the Ridgeway in Oxfordshire, where head gardener Istvan Dudas is passionate about maintaining and enhancing Justin Spink’s dazzling design

Summer SIZZLERS • Big bold blooms that add a gorgeously flamboyant touch to this bountiful garden

Starting from SCRATCH • Istvan’s top tips for growing annuals and sowing seed

Hitting a BLUE NOTE • The work of a lifetime for Caroline and Michael Dedman, the wonderfully mature garden at South Shoebury Hall in Essex weaves considered planting around historic buildings, accented by every shade of brilliant blue from a massed collection of agapanthus

SING the Blues • The stars of Michael Dedman’s agapanthus collection encompass every shade of blue

GROWING Agapanthus • Michael Dedman shares his expertise

The Treasure CHEST • Abbotsbury Subtropical Garden in Dorset is a magical kingdom of rare botanical gems, blazing with exotic late-summer colour from around the world

Estate to PLATE • Discover a working garden with a difference at Worcestershire’s Netherwood Estate, where guests explore grounds tended by head gardener Mark McCormack before eating produce cooked by head chef Chris Simpson at on-site restaurant Pensons

When Patience IS A VIRTUE • Gardening doesn’t always have to be hard work, and Sally Lorimore and Eric Wright have produced spectacular results at Willowhill Garden on the outskirts of Dundee by employing labour-saving techniques, biding their time and thinking things through

One Step AT A TIME • Sally and Eric’s tips on creating a new garden

The Late SHOW • We speak to some of the garden designers behind this year’s historic autumnal RHS Chelsea Flower Show to find out what to expect at the ground-breaking event

Healing Process • Robert Myers teams up with The Burdett Trust for Nursing to create The Florence Nightingale Garden, which celebrates her legacy

Gardens for Everyone • This year’s M&G Garden is designed by Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg and highlights the importance of outdoor spaces

Organic Growth • Tom Massey recreates the ethos of Yeo Valley’s organic garden in Somerset by making a show garden that spans diverse habitats

Moving Mountains • It’s the temperate landscapes and plants of Nepal that have inspired Jonathan Snow’s latest garden for travel company Trailfinders

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