LAST CHANCE TO BOOK Join our reader holiday and travel over land and water to discover the rich history and fine gardens of Italy’s Serenissima region, 4-8 September 2012.
Join our exclusive holiday to northern Italy and enjoy fascinating gardens, good food and stunning views. Your holiday begins with leisurely drinks in the garden of a private palazzo on Venice’s Grand Canal. From there it is a short boat journey to the pretty, four-star Hotel Giorgione, not far from the Rialto Bridge.
Chris Marchant of Orchard Dene Nurseries highlights Sedum 'José Aubergine' for its intensity of colour in the August garden. PLUS places to visit to enjoy the fruitfulness of summer
Gardener and writer Lia Leendertz reminds us that now is the time to propagate pelargoniums for successful plants for free next year. PLUS other practical tasks to keep on top of this month
August garden tasks
This is the moment to survey your scented and bedding pelargoniums and decide which ones you’ve fallen in love with enough to want to preserve in perpetuity. For me, this year it is a cerise-flowered stray, bought from a market stall. It may not have a name but I love it all the same.
The horticultural expo is staged once every ten years and showcases a world of flowers, plants, trees, fruits and vegetables allowing visitors to see, feel and experience nature in an entertaining and informative way.
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Perhaps your garden isn’t quite as pristine this year after all this rain.
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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Your guide to the best courses available in garden design and horticulture
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An extensive guide to the best horticultural specialists.
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Sweeping plains, majestic mountains, stunning vistas and miles of unspoilt coastline...
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Set your New Year budget with help from the right bank account
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If you have ever thought that greenhouses are as alike as peas in a pod, then think again.
