Emily Males

From traditional to contemporary silhouettes, there is a sun hat for every gardening chore, weather and mood. We’ve put together our top choices that are sure to make every gardener fall in love

A lavish and stunningly photographed history of 20 years of the iconic Richmond nursery, run by a family committed to nature and positive living. Reviewer Lia Leendertz is a food and garden writer.

Discover clever methods for protecting your plants and crops without harming wildlife in this engaging and humorous compendium. Reviewer Catherine Smalley is a nature and garden writer.

Sure to get you flower spotting in the woods, this informative and knowledgeable guide encourages us to truly engage with our forest ecosystems. Reviewer Hannah Gardner is a horticulturist and garden writer.

A collaborative and conversational retrospective of the work – and inner workings – of one of the UK’s most influential and imaginative designers. Reviewer Tania Compton is a garden designer and writer.

The garden photographer on his addiction to plants, his love of punk, cinema and lichen, and how his friendship with the filmmaker Derek Jarman helped him to slow down. Words Jodie Jones. Portrait Charlie Hopskinson.

With his new design for Sissinghurst’s Delos garden, Dan Pearson has returned to the original vision of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West. Words Dan Pearson. Photographs Jason Ingram.

As a trainee on English Heritage’s Historic and Botanic Garden Training Programme, Stewart is part of the team at Audley End House and Gardens. Portrait Andrew Montgomery.

Garden designer Alison Jenkins has created a welcoming and cleverly planned family garden from an exposed site in the Mendip Hills. Words Non Morris. Photographs Eva Nemeth.

Freddie Strickland wins the prestigious Young Designer of the Year award at the Tatton Park Flower Show 2021 for his garden ‘On Tropic’.

From its radical-activist roots in the 1970s, community gardening is now firmly mainstream, but with artists and craftspeople increasingly involved, these collaborative projects now take on many and various guises. Words Tim Richardson.

Designer James Aldridge has transformed a dilapidated south London garden using layers of planting and hard landscaping to soothing effect. Words Annie Gatti. Photographs Rachel Warne.