Garden design

Masses of primroses with pale, striped squill (Puschkinia scilloides) and blue scillas light up the river bank under the trees in early spring. The view of the floating garden on the water and vistas of the lawn and borders can be best enjoyed from here.

Create the perfect Cotswold garden

By placing the furniture at the rear of the space, Stefano gave his clients a new perspective on the garden. A large Cornus kousa var. chinensis behind the sofa provides privacy and a sense of enclosure, complemented by the branches of an overhanging magnolia.

New planting ideas for small gardens

Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’

Nigel Dunnett: 21 sustainable and beautiful plants

The heart of the garden is an ‘oasis’ formed by an enlarged pool with associated viewing deck

Explore a Californian oasis garden

A winding grass path at Higher Cherubeer is flanked by a colonnade of Salix alba var. vitellina ‘Britzensis’ ornamented with hellebores, snowdrops and other early bulbs

First love: a Devonshire garden filled with cyclamens

Monique Gudgeon lakeside sculpture garden

A lakeside sculpture garden in winter

Do Bees Need Weeds?

Gardening books

RHS Do Bees Need Weeds? – Book review

Hoff plant pot

9 great new terracotta pots for 2021

Erik Funneman garden, Amsterdam

How designer Erik Funneman maximised space in a small city garden

Fern Alder's woodland garden

Woodland garden inspiration: Fern Alder’s carefully planted space

A garden round a stable block from Acres Wild

Inspiring gardens A balance of traditional and contemporary planting design

The Old Barn in Oxfordshire

A rhythmical garden around a barn conversion in Oxfordshire

Great Dixter

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

Rob Chew's designs for a garden in Ascot

Rob Chew’s designs for an evolving garden in Ascot

Ula Maria garden in east London

A small east London garden with a characterful and relaxed design by Ula Maria