Suffolk-based artist Tessa Newcomb's new book The Adorable Plot celebrates the allotment in all it quirky characterfulness. We have news of an exhibition of her painting, plus a reader offer on the book.
If you noticed our story in the September issue about artist Tessa Newcomb’s new book The Adorable Plot, you might be interested to hear that there is an exhibition of her work this autumn at the Yew Tree Gallery nr Penzance, Cornwall. Painting from the book will feature as part of the gallery’s autumn exhibition ‘Pastorale’.
Private view 2 September with the exhibition continuing until 27 October
Designer Sarah Price uses plants of different form and scale to create an eye-catching, late-summer container display
Late-summer celebration
Head gardener Fergus Garrett shares his ideas on how to bring colour, texture and form to your garden through the year. Our 'Succession Planting' reader day takes place at Great Dixter, 12 November 2012. Please note this event is now SOLD OUT
Garden columnist Francine Raymond reviews Colin Spedding's book Gardens: Their Hidden Life and discovers that his aim is to get us thinking about our gardens as important wildlife habitats with all the flora and fauna they support (even the pests and weeds).
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Gardens: their Hidden Life - Unnoticed plants and unseen animals
by Colin Spedding
Bloomsbury, £25
ISBN 978 1408158685
Chris Marchant of Orchard Dene Nurseries highlights Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra ‘Summer Nights’ for its gorgeous golden flowers that brighten the garden in July. PLUS places to visit to enjoy summer plantings at their best
Get a free Sneeboer fork when you subscribe to GARDENS ILLUSTRATED at the Chelsea Flower Show, BBC Gardeners' World Live, Coombe Trenchard's Arts & Crafts Garden Festival, or the Cottesbrooke Gardeners' Fair.
Subscribe to GARDENS ILLUSTRATED at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show (22-26 May), Coombe Trenchard Arts & Crafts Garden Festival (1-2 June), BBC Gardeners’ World Live (13-17 June), or Cottesbrooke Gardeners' Fair (22-24 June) and you can choose a FREE gift as part of your subscription package.
Now celebrating its fifth anniversary, the Fair takes place from 22-24 June and is held in the stunning grounds of Cottesbrooke Hall in Northamptonshire. Not only is this a perfectly lovely way to spend a summer's day buying plants, but you can also meet the GARDENS ILLUSTRATED team - and take advantage of a great subscription offer.
With the winners announced and medals awarded, here's your chance to get hold of some of the must-have plants starring in show gardens at the 2012 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Online plant retailer Crocus is offering readers a 15% discount.
Top designers Sarah Price and Arne Maynard have created stunning planting schemes for their gold award-winning gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, full of beautiful combinations and must-have plants.
We've set up a reader offer with Emma Bridgewater for a 10% on all her ranges - including her classic sweet pea design, reintroduced to the range this summer.
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This fresh sweet pea design is one of the delightful Emma Bridgewater classics reintroduced this season. It includes mugs, bowls, plates, jug and teapot, all UK-made. Readers can get a 10% discount and free P&P (on all her ranges) until 26 June. Go to Emma Bridgewater and use the code GARDENS10 for the discount.
Don't miss this exciting two-day garden festival celebrating the finest in gardening tradition, held in the grounds of the impressive Arts & Crafts house of Coombe Trenchard in rural Devon. Friday 1 and Saturday 2 June 2012, 10am-5.30pm
We are delighted to present this exciting two-day garden festival celebrating the finest in gardening tradition, held in the grounds of the impressive Arts & Crafts house of Coombe Trenchard in rural Devon.
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