Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Widely regarded as the Vogue of the gardening press, Gardens Illustrated aims to inspire you with an eclectic and international editorial mix of remarkable places, plants and people. With superb photography, authoritative journalism and exceptional design, this award-winning magazine is a style bible for garden designers, garden lovers and enthusiasts alike.

Editor’s letter

Contributors

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Gardens Illustrated Magazine

DIG IN • What’s happening, where to go, what’s in flower and what to buy this month

News

3 FOR THE GARDEN… SPADES FOR AUTUMN PLANTING

DIARY

KITTED OUT • For autumn tidying

OCTOBER PLANTS • Warm and bright colours help ease the transition to cooler days with an exotic-looking alstroemeria, a sophisticated dahlia and autumn-flowering camellia among Tom’s picks

PLACES TO VISIT • Recommended places to see seasonal plants at their best

The Outsider • The Pelion peninsula in north-central Greece provides horticulturist Hannah Gardner with a host of botanising sites rich in orchids and autumn-flowering, bulbous perennials

Alexander Hoyle • Kew-trained plantsman and designer Alexander indulges in timelessly romantic planting schemes in his projects including gardens in central London and as far afield as Tangiers

Wild thing • In the Devon landscape, plantsman Keith Wiley works in harmony with nature, allowing plants to thrive much as they would in the wild

IN BRIEF

SMALL-FLOWERED ASTERS • Undemanding and adaptable, these dainty Michaelmas daisies are good news for gardeners and pollinators alike with their profuse flowering habit, long season of interest and versatility

PLANT PROFILE

Where to see and buy

Renaissance garden • At Gordon Castle, designer Arne Maynard provided the vision for a walled garden that celebrates horticultural endeavour

IN BRIEF

TOM COWARD • The head gardener at Gravetye Manor on his passion for fruit, the importance of classmates and having the best education in flower gardening you could ever imagine

DESIGNERS’ FAVOURITE DAHLIAS • From simple single flowers for pollinators to enormous, elegant doubles, four designers choose their favourite dahlias for late-season colour

WHERE TO BUY

Beautiful process • From their small studio in southeast London, Melissa Richardson and Amy Ireland create pressed flowers that are not only beautiful works of art, but a wonderful way of preserving a favourite plant, a bouquet or even an entire garden

Without limits • A carefully understated garden designed by Ron Lutsko in California’s Portola Valley takes its cues from the gently rolling landscape and non-native grasses of the region’s 19th-century pasture-land heritage

CREATING A ‘NON-GARDEN’

Tasting notes • In the first of a new series on gardeners focussed on growing for flavour we talk to veg expert Anna Greenland

Our favourite edible seed suppliers • If you’re looking for inspiration for herbs and vegetables to grow at home, take a look at our selection of the best seed suppliers

DESIGN • News, ideas and sourcebook

NEWS

Creating a modern apothecary garden • What we grow can be as good for us as gardening itself. Designer Marian Boswall suggests ways to turn your garden into a pantry of healing herbs

Barometers and weather stations • Nine stylish ways to keep track of the weather

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, back issues, crossword

BOOK REVIEWS

Other books

Nursery Collection

Autumn Essentials • From beautiful craftsmanship to handmade pots and practical accessories, we can help to make your autumn garden special

Autumn in colour • Autumn is a great...