Mountain plants from the Alps to the Himalayas are struggling as climate changes, but the ingenious displays at the Alpine Garden Society show are beacons of hope
The 17th-century epic gave the modern age its most famous vision of Eden but, argues the author of a new book, the poem’s influence on landscape and garden design can still be seen today
Do we need a more foodie approach to flowering plants? An inspiring new book says so
The Arts and Crafts designer incorporated patterns from Islamic art into carpets, textiles and wallpaper, as an exhibition explores. Gardeners should follow his cues
When Dior Maison’s creative director took the helm of a 7-acre property in Oise, she was a horticultural novice. Seven years later, its mix of wild meadows, box hedges and neat rows of flowers is a ‘laboratory’ for creativity
Cabbages, peppers, figs, grapes, tomato, radicchio and other fridge drawer finds are adding bite to floral arrangements
British hawthorn, oak and birch enrich the landscape, but so do varieties hailing from as far away as China and Chile
The 10-time Chelsea Flower Show designer shares her secrets for rural and urban spaces that transport: from pergolas smothered in Rosa banksiae to drifts of bearded irises, such as Benton Duff
House martins may find his 17th-century North Yorkshire house sufficiently des res, but to nurture the swifts, barn owls and kestrels, locally made nests are called for
Unreliable weather and patchy trading have led to a wilting of gardening sales — but tea and cakes may yet save the postwar institution
There is science and art in putting these little-more-than seedlings in the ground. And now’s the time to act, before they — and their prices — grow
February is the peak month for displays of the exotic flower at botanical gardens around the world. And a good time to ask for advice on keeping yours healthy
When Arne Maynard and William Collinson acquired some of Britain’s most ancient breed, the novice farmers saw conservation grazing coax their pasture back to life
The owners of the artist’s former Venetian palazzo have applied strokes of colour and texture to the garden worthy of the great painter himself
A new book illustrates that far from being pastoral fantasies wasting land, money and energy, they are a valuable cultural export, part of the country’s enduring soft power
The horticultural pioneers are co-curating an art exhibition in London that spotlights the transformative power of soil, fires up biodiversity activism and unites ‘the rigour of science and the awe of beauty’
Digital garden planning programmes can be useful tools, but they can’t replace human imagination, experience — and the instinct to go rogue
Four army reservists and a Royal Navy NCO are leading an experimental project to provide flat-pack plant kits to those living in areas of climate and humanitarian disaster
As a programme of exchanges between global heritage sites and the UK’s National Trust properties draws to a close, horticulturists are swapping mitigating tactics for combatting climate change
Personal mood lies at the heart of how we perceive gardens, as the National Gallery’s exhibition of the Dutch artist’s work illuminates
With the restoration of his Grade II-listed ‘wreck’ of a North Yorkshire cottage complete, the ‘Great British Sewing Bee’ judge sets his sights on restoring its surrounding tangle of bramble, neglected for a century
In the fifth in a series, the ‘Great British Sewing Bee’ judge consults master rosarians before choosing cultivars to revive his plot in storied Yorkshire pastureland
The National Botanic Gardens in Ireland’s County Wicklow offer valuable lessons in hope and persistence in the face of despair and adversity
My own alternative mix resulted in cankered cucumbers, pitiable peppers and tasteless tomatoes, so I’ve called in the experts
Where will we move to, what will we plant, how will we build and which colours will we paint it all? Experts from Kelly Wearstler to Tom Stuart-Smith have the answers
