Daisy Bowie-Sell
Daisy Bowie-Sell is digital editor of Gardens Illustrated. She has previously worked at the Daily Telegraph, Time Out London as deputy theatre editor and was editor in chief of WhatsOnStage. She loves her own garden but is most often inspired by the Oudolf Field at Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, which she lives near.
Recent articles by Daisy Bowie-Sell
Great last minute Christmas gifts: gardening memberships and subscriptions for 2025
Looking for a Christmas gift for a gardener after the last Christmas post delivery date? We've got the best gardening membership and subscription gifts you can still buy and gift in time for Christmas
The best gardening gifts: top gift ideas for gardeners in 2025
Here's our selection of fantastic gardening gifts in 2025, tailor-made to suit the gardener in your life.
Stop the needles falling and the droop: here's how to care for your Christmas tree so it's happy for longer
You invest in a Christmas tree and bring it into your home over the festive season. Make sure it's as happy as possible so it last for as long as possible
Gothic plants for Halloween: these are the plants that could help to spookify your garden
Discover some of the blackest plants, just in time for Halloween
Chelsea 2026 | Tickets, information, dates and what's on
Everything you need to know about RHS Chelsea Flower Show tickets and more for 2026
Cottage-core style: discover the best plants for a beautiful cottage garden
Looking to create a charming cottage garden feel in your garden? Marcus Eyles picks the plants you need
Kick back and relax with the best garden chairs to buy in 2025
Make the most of warmer, longer days with our choice of the most stylish outdoor garden chairs
Kew Garden to renovate its iconic Palm House into first net-zero glasshouse
Kew Gardens has announced a renovation project on the historic Palm House and Waterlily House
There's a new RHS show taking place this week, but what happened to RHS Tatton and what exactly is RHS Wentworth Woodhouse?
Discover everything you need to know about the new RHS Wentworth Woodhouse show and which gardens won medals
Gardening in a heatwave - here's how to look after your lawn and water efficiently in soaring temperatures
As the hot weather in the UK continues, we ask three horticultural experts of the realities of drought on gardens and how we should be adapting the way we garden to hotter, drier conditions in the summer, and wetter, warmer conditions in the winter
Should you get a second hand greenhouse? I got one and regretted it - here's why
There's a big market for second hand greenhouses, but is it worth the bother? Here's everything you need to know about getting one
Alan Partridge brings Show Garden to RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
The TV presenter Alan Partridge will be delving into the world of horticulture with his first ever garden at an RHS show
Hampton Court Flower Show 2025: the full list of gardens
The RHS's Hampton Court Palace Garden Show runs in early July, here are all the gardens to see at this year's show
No Mow May is over, but what now? Here's how to mow in June
The Plantlife campaign No Mow May has ended, but how do you protect all the wildlife that has got used to your long grass?
The best gardens at Chelsea Flower Show, as picked by the Gardens Illustrated team
The Gardens Illustrated team pick their favourite show gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show 2025.
Judging is done and now you can vote for your favourite Chelsea garden for the real top prize. Here's how to have your say
Don't miss your chance to vote for your favourite RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden, which you can do from the show or online
King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year and meets Monty Don and David Beckham
The King and Queen visited RHS Chelsea Flower Show on the preview day of the show, which runs in May
David Beckham and Cate Blanchett visit RHS Chelsea Flower Show as stars come out for the floral celebration
Discover the great and the good of the celebrity world and what they wore at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Be inspired by these small space garden designs from this year's Chelsea Flower Show - discover all the balcony and container gardens in one place
Discover all the gardens and designers in this year's Balcony and Container Gardens category at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Today at Chelsea Flower Show: what not to miss at the world's greatest flower show
David Austin Roses has unveiled a new rose and it's the first time the company has bred one like it
David Austin roses have launched a highly anticipated new rose at the Chelsea Flower Show. Find out more
Chelsea Flower Show Gardens 2025: discover the full list
Discover details of all the Show gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025
When and how to watch RHS Chelsea Flower Show on TV, with coverage of Monty Don and his dog garden, star designers and more
No ticket to RHS Chelsea Flower Show? No problem: here's exactly how to watch the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year
Chelsea Flower Show 2025: Discover the remarkable gardens at Chelsea championing the British Isles
The full list of this year's All About Plants gardens at RHS Chelsea 2025