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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DIARY: AUGUST

KITTED OUT • Stylish and space-saving ideas for small gardens

August plants • Tom's effusive summer borders encompass a huge range of colour and form, from a velvety-red clematis and a starry lilac aster, to wafting grasses and a tiny waterlily

Places to visit • Tom's recommendations for places to see seasonal plants at their best

THE CONSTANT GARDENER • While some work is required to keep the August garden looking fresh, the month also offers an abundance of fruit and vegetables for the kitchen – and a cornucopia of colourful dahlias

GARDEN JOBS for August

GEORGIA SMITH • Working to bring greenery to London's Bankside, Georgia also wants to involve the community in their environment

Singularly Dutch • The small Zeeland garden of Jopie Koens and Ton Alten has both a structure and planting style that is distinctively of its place

ABUTILON • With their delicate, papery flowers and trailing habit, these exotic plants from subtropical climes can add a touch of colour to dramatic, tropical foliage, such as gingers, cannas and bananas

How to grow Abutilon

Tales of the unexpected • Lush planting and a meandering path give this city garden by Stefano Marinaz a magical, otherworldly feel

Cornered by nature • A previously tricky, small, corner plot of this Grade II-listed Georgian house is now a lush, multi-sensory space for dining and entertaining guests, while also welcoming vital pollinators

Mood enhancer • A bright and airy seaside garden, shimmering with light and jewel-like colour, is guaranteed to lift the spirits

Deceptively simple • Designer Sheila Jack has transformed this small city garden from artificial lawned-anonymity to a charming woodland-inspired plot that's a peaceful social space for a family with grown-up children

Urban jungle • In this Islington garden, designer Declan Buckley has used lush, jungle-style planting to remind his clients of their childhoods in Kerala

Designers' tips for small gardens • It's a fine art creating a garden in a tight space. We ask the designers of the small gardens featured in this issue to share their approaches to working with diminutive plots. The square metres may be minimal, but the ideas and techniques that can be employed are many

Colouring in the city • In recent years the city of Sheffield has been given a green makeover thanks to a groundbreaking environmental strategy

TIJANA BLANUSA • The head of the RHS Ecosystem Services Research Programme, on identifying the plant traits that can benefit the wider environment and why you really need to plant a hawthorn hedge

Motion picture • Sophie Walker's assured design for a coastal garden in the south of England is a skilfully choreographed blend of ornamental grasses that form a fluid and soothing patchwork of colour and movement

Nature and nurture • The inspirational garden of landscape designer Kathleen Murphy is a test bed for planting ideas, and a lesson in creating a sustainable family space that is lived in and loved

Design • News and sourcebook

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Raised planters • Bring your growing to the next level with a selection of planters

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, the crossword...