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

Christine’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

November checklist • Collect seed, tidy hellebores and maintain garden tools

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

The Great Flood • River Tamar breached to boost wildlife

Take Stock • Use the quieter winter months to catch up on essential garden jobs and get a head start on spring

Bonfire Night • Wrap up warm, pour a hot drink and enjoy chilly winter nights outdoors by firelight

SET IN STONE • With a firm foothold in the limestone bedrock of North Yorkshire, the gardens of Parcevall Hall were carved out by Sir William Milner to include stone terracing, an exemplary rock garden and an enduring sense of place

The Late SHIFT • Rich autumn colour continues late into the season courtesy of these hard workers

Flying COLOURS • Autumn is the most radiant month at Logie House in Moray, where Panny Laing, a believer in year-round interest, has swept away formal planting to fill the grounds with shrubs, trees and perennials that illuminate the shorter days

Sugar & SPICE • Late-flowering perennials and shrubs bring sweetshop colour to autumn’s gilded shades

A thoughtful APPROACH • Advice from Panny Laing on improving soil, garden design and getting the most from your plants

HIMALAYAN HOMAGE • The garden and arboretum at Hergest Croft in the Welsh Marches host a collection of unusual trees, some dating back to the glory days of the Victorian plant hunters, and some more recently introduced

Seasonal FIREWORKS • A selection of Hergest Croft’s choice maples, ideal for providing fine autumn colour

Fine ARTS • Thanks to Giles Coode-Adams’ horticultural expertise and his wife Sonia’s painterly eye, a garden of exquisite form and rare botanical treasures has been developed over 40 years at 16th-century Feeringbury Manor in Essex

Living in the MOMENT • While the Kentish downland garden of Eagleswood has been planted with many special trees that will not reach maturity for many years, owners Mike and Edith Darvill make the most of tending this peaceful space in the here and now

Trees for Autumn Colour

Seasonal SPLENDOUR • Dried seedheads, earthy shades and rustic elements adorn a cosy spot for outdoor autumn living made even more pretty with soft touches of blush pink and flickering candles. Use the same styling in your home or shed to create an inspiring space for creative projects, making use of the botanical materials in your garden this month

Ethereal MOMENT • It’s easy to create a magical table setting in the garden at this time of year, thanks to a tonal backdrop of autumn colour and texture

Perfect plants for autumn arrangements • Harvest seedheads galore from this selection of easy-to-grow annuals

Brilliant Berries • A lot of the autumn and winter colour at the Savill Garden in Windsor comes from berried shrubs. Keeper of the gardens John Anderson recommends ten

Tree of Life • Sorbus is...