Garden design

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

Advent calendar: how to make your own

Make your own floral advent calendar

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

Hard landscaping

Using metal in the garden