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

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3 FOR THE GARDEN…

KITTED OUT • For growing, admiring and generally revelling in all things snowdrop

February plants • In the first of a new series, plantswoman Rosy Hardy selects some delicate woodlanders, a fragrant mahonia and a bright cornus to banish winter blues

THE HOME STRETCH • Nigel Slater has to make the most of the space he has to sow seeds and grow plants

RISING FROM A DREAM • At Rohuna, writer Umberto Pasti has conjured a remarkable garden from a barren Moroccan hillside, where he wants to conserve the local flora

JACK ALDRIDGE • Rising plant star Jack leads the Alpine and Rock Garden team at RHS Garden Wisley

JAMES HITCHMOUGH’S 50 top plants to grow • James Hitchmough has created gardens around the world using sustainable, long-term, naturalistic and often seed-sown plantings. He is best known for projects such as London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Knepp Walled Garden, and is an emeritus professor of horticultural ecology at the University of Sheffield. James is currently developing his own garden in Somerset with particular focus on a planting palette for a changing climate. Here, he reveals his top 50 plants to grow now, and for the future

California dreaming • Plantsman John Greenlee, the grasses guru, has created a sumptuous new meadow garden with tropical touches for a historic house in Palo Alto

PIPPA GREENWOOD • The plant-health expert on her unexpected journey into television, and a career as gardening’s most dependable agony aunt

VIOLETS • Rich fragrance and early colour have ensured the enduring appeal of these spring flowers - long-time favourites in wild plantings and cottage gardens

CARNIVAL OF COLOURS • Planting designer Jānis Raubiška has taken inspiration from across the world for his vibrant garden in Surrey

A fresh look • Designer Kate Guillebaud gets ready for spring with three beautiful container-planting ideas that combine fresh foliage with delicate pastel colours

GROWING STRONG • Those eager to find organic, home-grown, colourful perennials will delight in Stauden Kopf nursery, in the shadow of the Alps in Austria

SNOW PATROL • Plantsman Jimi Blake has amassed an impressive collection of unusual snowdrops at Hunting Brook Garden in Ireland

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, Q&A, the crossword and the big idea

BURNING BRIGHT • Claire Masset finds this guide to creating a bold and brilliant garden inspiring for anyone wanting to inject more personality into their plot

Recommended reads this month

‘Don’t be put off by funky terms or what concrete or cement is’ • The garden designer and influencer Henry Agg on not being intimidated by jargon, spreading weeds by mistake and why he loves small gardens

Crossword

STATUS ANXIETY • Many people garden, but don’t consider themselves ‘gardeners.’ What’s the reason for this cognitive dissonance, asks Tim Richardson