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.

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DIG IN • What’s new, what’s growing and what’s going on this month

What’s on this month

3 FOR THE GARDE… • FURNITURE COVERS

GARDENS OF MOROCCO • Join us for a 13-day tour that explores one of the world’s great gardening traditions. In the company of host Hannah Gardner, we’ll travel from the Atlantic coast to Morocco’s imperial cities visiting gardens that reflect the country’s rich blend of historic and contemporary influences

September plants • As our long, hot summer morphs into autumn, nurserywoman Rosy Hardy chooses a mellow mix of flowers and fruits that offer some late-season relief

KITTED OUT • For harvesting, storing and preserving autumn crops

Taking stock • As summer comes to an end at Mounton House in Monmouthshire, head of gardens Tim Stretton and his team work to keep the show going and prepare for next year

OTHER SEASONAL TASKS

GOLDEN PLUNDER • After losing a bumper crop last year, Nigel Slater may be rowing back on his orchard ambitions, but an apple tree can still transport him back to his childhood

LATE AND GREAT • Designer Isabel Bannerman details how she and her husband Julian prepared their new garden at Ashington Manor for a September peak

WILL SCHOLEY • Garden designer Will is passionate about increasing access to horticulture training and green public spaces

NUT TREES • Nuts are coming back into fashion for gardens, as a warming climate is widening the species available for the UK and bringing bumper crops

TRICK OF THE LIGHT • On an island off the Norwegian coast, Mariann Gundersen has magically transformed a once-barren rock into an extraordinary prairie-style garden for her summer house

ROBERT VERNON • The founder of the Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery on an early love of gardens and growing tomatoes, taking a chance on a dream and inspiring the public

SOFT TOUCH • Designer Katie Guillebaud has used a mix of soft grasses and naturalistic planting for this garden in rural Oxfordshire

Burning ambition • Artist Nic Webb is pushing the boundaries of wood sculpture using tools such as blowtorches on his ambitious pieces

The creative gardener • Gardening, whether a large garden, small courtyard or scrappy allotment, can be an artistic practice in itself as well as an endless source of creativity. A new book on the topic delves into the stories of 29 people who find inspiration, clarity and succour tending their plots

Design • News, design insights and sourcebook

BANKING ON IT • Tapping into the wild spirit of this urban garden, Lulu Roper-Caldbeck cleverly managed a sharp change in level with a bank of layered, immersive planting

Folding and stacking garden chairs • Stylish solutions for sitting comfortably with the best mobile garden chairs

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, Q&A, the crossword and final say

WILD IDEAS • This innovative book from the design duo behind Wild City Studio is a welcome manifesto for generating real community change through horticulture, says Amy Langron

Recommended reads this month

‘Your garden just says, “Here’s something beautiful, enjoy it’” • Journalist Caitlin Moran on her new book and what she’d really love to ask Paul McCartney

Crossword

From Arctic adventures to scenic rail...