Gardens Illustrated Team

The Gardens Illustrated team has rounded up the best botanical gins on the market.

It may be cold outside but you can still visit beautiful gardens over the winter months. Here's our top picks of UK open gardens to visit for a refreshing winter walk

Horticulturist at the new Carbon Garden at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Aimee is passionate about permaculture and dismantling outdated ideas

Bex Partridge offers this elegant but easy way to create a wreath using honesty seedheads

The sadness we feel at the loss of nature all around us is real, says Claire Loder, and it even has a name. We need to find ways to mourn it, and fight it

Landscape designer Tom Massey on why we should all be saving rainwater, his tiny courtyard and why everything starts with the soil

Once a delicacy, medlars have fallen out of fashion, but grower Jane Steward is determined to show how abundant and easy they are, and to introduce them to a wider audience

Garden designer Joe Perkins finds this guide to creating a lush, green garden using minimal water an inspiring read for any gardener dealing with drier conditions

Brighten up your Christmas table with these natural festive arrangements using evergreens and winter-flowering shrubs. Here's two simple examples to make yourself. Words and styling Bea Andrews

For recyclable Christmas wrapping paper that looks personal and is eco friendly, why not use natural elements from the garden? Words Ali Bell

Discover terrifying stories of spectres, ghouls and ghosts from the spookiest gardens in England

We bring you 16 of the best trees for autumn colour, chosen by the experts at Kwekerij Arborealis nursery in the Netherlands. Photographs by Maayke de Ridder and Andrea Jones

As head gardener at The Newt in Somerset, Harry is passionate about supporting new gardeners, and is drawn to gardens that embrace the wild.

Everything we know so far about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026, including who is designing gardens and the causes they focus on.

Ever wondered how Piet Oudolf plans out and plants up one of his extraordinary landscapes? Rebecca McMackin was there to document each step at the creation of his most recent large-scale scheme, at Calder Gardens in Philadelphia.

All the events and masterclasses hosted and staged by Gardens Illustrated, with top designers and gardeners throughout the world

Antique Perennials has always been about introducing exciting plants to Australian gardeners, says co-founder Michael Morant, and now has a vibrant display garden to showcase its wares

Here are our top picks for the best Christmas light shows and illuminated trails in gardens across the UK, to enjoy with friends and family during this festive season

They are a lot of effort and go brown in the drought, so we’ve started to wonder: do you really need a grass lawn?

Fill your garden with these hardworking plants that will help your garden look good all year round.

Tabitha Rigden’s multifunctional design for this suburban family garden offers privacy and versatility as well as planting for biodiversity

Designer Adam Woodruff reflects on his personal garden beside a New England harbour shaped by years of travel, study and thoughtful experimentation.

The plantsman, designer and TV presenter Jamie Butterworth on his new book, keeping things simple and working with Monty Don

Sarah Gerrard-Jones, aka The Plant Rescuer, on her latest book, her houseplant obsession and why she doesn’t always try to save a houseplant