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British gardening expert Peter Seabrook, who is replacing Percy Thrower as presenter of BBC television series 'Gardener's World', in the garden of his home in Chelmsford, Essex, 1976. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

In memory of Peter Seabrook

A lavish sweeping curve in front of Wakehurst’s manor house divides the Winter Garden from the more formal lawn area, lending a sense of generosity and expanse that is in keeping with the size of the mansion and lawn. Forming the curve, tousled Carex comans ‘Bronze Perfection’ creates a textural carpet that contrasts with the vivid stems of Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’.

Planting design: The winter garden at Wakehurst

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Pots of style: Three creative houseplant displays

Hippeastrum ‘Bogota’ The slender, slightly recurved petals are typical of the Spider Group of cultivars. The bright scarlet to coral red flowers are flushed with green on the reverse and each bloom is around 12cm across. 50cm.

Amaryllis: how to care for them, and keep them flowering year after year

The Apostle Garden, next to the house, is a relatively new garden made of two symmetrical parterres, each with six yew apostles, and Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ planted in the gaps. The old flowerheads of the hydrangea last through the winter and the plants are then pruned in the spring. The yew will be clipped annually into tight forms.

Structure and planting at Malverley’s in winter

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Home cooking recipes

RECIPES USING FRESH INGREDIENTS FROM THE GARDEN

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Winter

PLANTS AND MORE FOR THE SEASON

View from within the walled garden across Buxus sempervivens wave hedge with frost. Designed by Arne Maynard.

A winter garden with beautiful structure

Roses in the kitchen garden at Ham House

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The best gardening books to read in 2022

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Plants for birds: the trees and shrubs that will feed the birds

Marks Hall in Essex

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Marks Hall arboretum and walled garden in winter

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Topiary delights at an Arts & Crafts garden in winter

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Container displays

POTS OF STYLE FOR YOUR GARDEN

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Arthur Parkinson’s favourite cut flowers to grow in pots

A winter succulents display with houseleek

Create an easy-to-grow miniature houseleek landscape

Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin', Crocus chrysanthus 'Romance', Muscari armeniacum and Anemone blanda 'Charmer'

Forcing bulbs: advice and planting combinations

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An indoor-to-outdoor planting combination

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Perfect plants for now

PLANTING INSPIRATION

Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’

Winter interest Top roses for rosehips

Ilex x aquipernyi 'Dragon Lady'

Holly bushes to grow for berries and evergreen leaves

Winter flowering Clematis ‘Fragrant Oberon’

The best winter-flowering clematis

Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'

The best daphne for year-round colour and scent

Hedging: 30 top plants for a hedge

The best ferns for your garden

Winter flowering plants: Iris unguicularis ‘Peloponnese Snow’

Winter flowers: experts' choice of winter flowering plants

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Cyclamen: how to care for and propagate

Erica x darleyensis 'Aurelie Bregeon'

The best winter-flowering heathers

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Inspiring gardens

THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S OUTDOOR SPACES

Batcombe House garden, designed by Libby Russell

Designer Libby Russell’s own garden at Batcombe House

Naturalised crocus planted in a lawn under a mature tree framing a typical Cotswold house in the distance

A Cotswold rectory garden with topiary and early spring bulbs

Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’) combining with the yellow of Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’ as if waving hello to the pink coneflowers, Echinacea pallida. Behind these is the 4.4m wall surrounded by the towering pin oaks, (Quercus palustris). The sculptures are Pitchfork (Yellow), 2013, by Sir Michael Craig-Martin and The Three, 2017, by Rebecca Warren.

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Tom Stuart-Smith's Hepworth Wakefield garden design

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House plants

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GROWING INDOORS

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Best heated propagators for seed sowing indoors

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Create the perfect hallway house plant display

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House plants How not to kill your indoor plants this winter

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A succulent pot houseplant display for winter

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DESIGN IDEAS FOR ALL YOUR GARDEN NEEDS

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How to grow a sustainable garden

A metal gate designed by Cameron Mackintosh for his home in Somerset

Hard landscaping

Using metal in the garden

Great Dixter

Control of nature: how gardening is about shaping the natural world

Garden design courses

How to build a garden office

How to make a forest garden

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Advice

WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT

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What is mulching and how to mulch

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How to clean rusty tools

Learn how to lay a hedge using traditional craftsmanship and hedge laying skills.

How to lay a hedge

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Kit

OUR PICK OF THE BEST GARDENING TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES

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The best wellington boots for walking and gardening

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