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Rural

Large-scale planting, cottage gardens and country escapes
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.
Rural

Create the perfect Cotswold garden

Gresgarth Hall sits at the mouth of a wooded valley, with the brook Artle Beck drawing a sweeping curve as it rushes past the house. Dark yew hedges stamp formality near the house and echo the stone walls etched on the hills beyond.
Rural

Creating a country garden at Gresgarth Hall

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
Rural

First love: a Devonshire garden filled with cyclamens

General views of The Ditch carpeted with snowdrops
Gardens to visit

Margery Fish’s remarkable snowdrops at East Lambrook Manor

College Barn in Somerset
Rural

Discover an ecological garden of perennials and vegetables

Stone Hill in Australia
International

A perennial garden around a modernist house in Australia

Hunting Brook Gardens
Gardens to visit

Jimi Blake’s borders at Hunting Brook Gardens in Ireland

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Urban

Rooftop hideaways, urban gardens and small city retreats
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.
Urban

New planting ideas for small gardens

A small north London garden by Arne Maynard
Features

Gardens Illustrated photographers pick their favourite images of 2020

Erik Funneman garden, Amsterdam
Small gardens

How designer Erik Funneman maximised space in a small city garden

Juergen Teller's studio garden
Gardens

Fashion photographer Juergen Teller's studio garden

A garden with plants and flowers
Gardens

Five lessons for a city space

Harriet Farlam and Ben Chandler's garden
Small gardens

Two beautiful small gardens

Rudbeckia fulgida
Gardens

A garden fit for a modernist house

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International

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

Explore a Californian oasis garden

The orchard's trees planted in a grid
International

The formal garden and orchard at Domaine du Ooievaar

Page Dickey's garden in Connecticut
International

Garden writer Page Dickey’s new Connecticut garden

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Meet the gardeners

Meet the people behind the gardens
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Errol Fernandes: Promoting change within the gardening community

KEITH WEED photo Charlie Hopkinson ©
Meet the gardeners

Keith Weed: Meet the president of the RHS

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Meet the gardeners

Gardening Talent: Judyta Ubych: Maintaining The Barbican garden

Elizabeth McGregor, photo by Charlie Hopkinson ©
Meet the gardeners

Elizabeth MacGregor on Ellenbank, hybridisation, clematis and more

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2020 Education Guide

Take a look at this selection of full-time, part-time and short courses