Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2018 i Gardens Illustrated Magazine

By now gardeners are itching to get into the garden – time spent planning and contemplating over winter can finally be put into action. April is a joyous month with its vibrant greens and fresh-faced flowers. Tulips are among those plants key to a spring garden and their continued appeal is evident in the gardens we feature this issue, in particular the tulip-filled garden of Polly Nicholson, a lover of rare breeder and broken tulips. Polly’s Wiltshire garden contains not one but three walled gardens and she has collaborated with designer Arne Maynard to transform these into a fabulous family garden that also serves as a base for her artisan flower-growing and floristry business. For Dutch bulb breeder Jan Ligthard it is the variety in shape and colour that he…

Our journey to the Italian Lakes will take us to some of the finest lakeside and island gardens of this uniquely beautiful region. We will travel mostly by boat, discovering landscapes of quiet enchantment and sublime grandeur. While our days will be infused with exquisite light, by night we will revel in the fin de siècle atmosphere of our lakeside hotels. The warm, humid microclimate results in exceptional growing conditions, with much to enthuse the plantsman. Combining great botanical interest with the fascinating history of the gardens’ origins, our tour will move from the Renaissance to the 20th century through compelling and often neglected chapters of Italian garden history with visits including the baroque splendours of Isola Bella and Villa del Balbianello, perched atop a small, wooded peninsula, and the…

1 London College of Garden Design Bursaries Don’t miss the chance to apply for one of two 10th anniversary bursaries for the London College of Garden Design. The bursaries, which will be awarded on the basis of financial need and academic merit, are available for the Garden Design Diploma, starting in September 2018, and the Planting Design Diploma, starting in January 2019. The closing date for applications is 6 April. Tel 01483 762955, lcgd.org.uk 2 The Fife Spring Trail Discover 12 private gardens in Fife, including The Murrel in Aberdour, featured in Gertrude Jekyll’s Gardens for Small Country Houses, opening for the first time in aid of Scotland’s Garden Scheme. Various dates from 10 April – 23 May. £25. Tel 0131 226 3714, scotlandsgardens.org 3 Spring Kokedama Workshop Learn how…

Garden Masterclasses aim to bring together gardeners and designers with some of the most innovative people in the gardening world through one-day workshops. Each workshop is organised around a specific topic, and designed to help students learn and practise. With quality catering, in garden or nursery venues, we hope that students will have a good day out too, meeting other passionate gardeners, and sharing experiences. ANNIE GUILFOYLE AND NOËL KINGSBURY, MASTERCLASS ORGANISERS 2018 workshop dates and venues: unless noted all days run from 10am-4.30pm • WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL £130 Walled Garden Treberfydd, Powys (9). Planting design basics with Sarah Price & Noel Kingsbury. • WEDNESDAY 2 MAY £130 Easton Walled Gardens, Lincolnshire (8). What makes a successful garden? with Annie Guilfoyle & Ursula Cholmeley. • SATURDAY 12 MAY (10.30AM-5PM) £140…

Earliest garden memory Having grown up in a council flat with no green space, I longed for the summer holidays when we would visit my grandparents. They had a large 1950s-style garden that I used to relish helping out in. Edging was always a favourite job. First plant love I used to love the bright colours of bedding plants: the bolder, the brighter, the more flamboyant the better. Nothing has really changed; I still love flamboyant design and colour. My palette has since moved away from gaudy bedding plants but I still see no barriers when it comes to me redesigning a border, as you’ll see from the bright colours in our borders here at Fenton House. Favourite landscape I love water, romance, drama and a little fun in a…

PESTS & DISEASES by Pippa Greenwood and Andrew Halstead RHS, £18.99 ISBN 978-0241315606 An indispensable reference book for gardeners of all levels of experience with practical advice on how to keep your plants free of disease. Reviewer Rory Dusoir is a Kew-trained gardener and writer. The fifth edition of this definitive publication was eagerly awaited. Although, of course, much remains constant since the last edition in 2009, there will also have been many areas of evolution in the arms race between gardeners and their many foes. Numerous chemical controls will have been banned or superseded, and new problems will have emerged. Who had heard of ash dieback in 2009? This edition is authored once again by those doyens of plant pathology Pippa Greenwood and Andrew Halstead, but presents a thorough…

JANE PERRONE Jane visited Polly Nicholson who runs Bayntun Flowers from her Wiltshire garden, page 36. “Polly’s enthusiasm for cut flowers is infectious and it was a privilege to visit her wonderful garden.” JIM GARDINER Jim has selected the best yellow-flowered magnolias on page 58. “Magnolias provide so much value for gardens of all sizes with the yellows providing an added palette of colours.” ALYS FOWLER Alys has been looking at ways to limit the use of plastic in the garden, page 82. “Like elsewhere in our lives, plastic has crept into our gardens and it’s time we start to challenge that.”…

NATURAL BEAUTY For many gardeners Cedric Morris is as well-known for the irises he raised in his Suffolk garden, Benton End, as he is for his paintings. This month the Garden Museum brings together these two passions in a new exhibition, Cedric Morris: Artist Plantsman . Most of the 34 paintings included are of flowers, many from private collections that have never been shown in public before. To accompany the exhibition, designer Dan Pearson has put together a display of Cedric Morris irises recently popularised at the 2015 Chelsea Flower Show. 18 April – 22 July. gardenmuseum.org.uk…

For many, the name Keukenhof is synonymous with tulip displays. But the name of this large park outside Amsterdam actually means kitchen garden, and dates back to the 15th century, when Countess Jacoba van Beieren [Jacqueline of Bavaria] used the grounds as a source of fruit and vegetables for her nearby hunting lodge. Today, Keukenhof is the international showcase for the Dutch floricultural sector, with a special emphasis on flower bulbs, including, of course, tulips. For eight weeks each spring the park opens to the public with an impressive display of around seven million bulbs. At one time these displays could be a little pedestrian with large blocks of tulips, but since the park employed the bulb expert Jacqueline van der Kloet in 2005 to design planting schemes that combined…

Once upon a time landforms were known by different names; hills, perhaps, or maybe heaps. Call them whatsoever you wish but they have long been featured in gardens. The difference is that the technique of moving and forming large amounts of soil has become much easier and more sophisticated. Simply put, it is a hell of a lot easier to build a berm, bund or burial mound with a digger than it ever was with a gang of chaps with spades and wheelbarrows. That is not to diss the labourer as they have been doing pretty impressive stuff for many centuries – I suppose the first landforms were burial chambers or even ridge and furrow fields. The classic defensive burh was a series of ditches and mounds built on the…

AN ABUNDANCE OF FLOWERS by Judith M Taylor Ohio University Press, £16.26 ISBN 978-0804011938 Discover the fascinating history and dedicated plantsmen behind eight well-known plants including Gladiolus , Clematis and Dianthus . THE FLORILEGIUM by Colleen Morris and Louisa Murray Kew Publishing, £32 ISBN 978-1842466490 A beautifully produced book showcasing the botanical richness of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. CITY GREEN: PUBLIC GARDENS OF NEW YORK by Jane Garmey Photographs by Mick Hales The Monacelli Press, £36.11 ISBN 978-1580934800 From well-known sites to secret corners, discover a greener side of New York City. GARDEN DESIGNS MADE SIMPLE by Judith Lywood The Cloister House Press, £19.95 ISBN 978-1909465664 A collection of illustrated garden plans, well suited to beginner gardeners. PRACTICAL HOUSE PLANT BOOK by Fran Bailey and Zia Allaway RHS, £14.99…

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JAMES BASSON James lives in the South of France where he runs Scape Design with his wife Helen, specialising in low-maintenance and dry gardens. He is a fervent advocate for creating sustainable landscapes. The winner of four Chelsea Gold medals, he was awarded Best in Show in 2017. FERGUS GARRETT Fergus was appointed head gardener at Great Dixter by Christopher Lloyd in 1993. He is passionate about passing on his knowledge through student and volunteer programmes at Dixter and through worldwide lectures. He was awarded an RHS Associate of Honour in 2008. ANNA PAVORD Anna’s books include her bestseller The Tulip and most recently Landskipping. For 30 years she was The Independent’s gardening correspondent. In 2000 the RHS awarded her the Veitch Memorial Medal. She lives and gardens in Dorset.…

SOLDANELLA VILLOSA Many alpine plants have the reputation of being picky and difficult to grow, but that couldn’t be further from the truth for this snowbell. Like most Pyrenean mountainous plants – we once saw it growing at an altitude of 2,000m in the Alps – it prefers good drainage, but grows well in our clay soil. Its rounded, evergreen leaves resemble coins – hence its name, which comes from the Italian soldi , meaning money. The flowers look like brush heads standing perkily on thin stalks above the round leaves. It’s an excellent plant for the rock garden. AGM*. Height 20cm. Origin Pyrenees. Conditions Moist but well-drained soil; full sun and part shade. Hardiness RHS H6† . Season Spring. BRASSICA OLERACEA ITALICA GROUP Sometimes sold as Friarielli or Spigariello…

The main road narrows to a bumpy lane as you head along the coast from Kalamata towards the southernmost point of mainland Europe. I wanted to complete a loop that would draw me into the spectacular desolate, landscapes of deep Mani then continue up the eastern side of the peninsula and into the snow-capped peaks and deep gorges of the majestic Taygetos Mountains before returning through the Langada gorge, home to Thalictrum orientale, with a pass at 1,300m. I hoped to find wild tulips. I had read that Tulipa goulimyi and T. orphanidea grew in a few locations on the Mani Peninsula. To my delight I got lucky, and found the rare crimson T. goulimyi on my second day in the hills. When to go The peak for the lowlands…

HAPHAZARD LUXURIANCE Colour provides the base note for any garden and it is the most potent design tool a gardener has. Gardening with colour is not about individual plants, but how plants with different colours are combined. Often, as with this display, the container is the starting point. This copper pot immediately suggested a pink Argyranthemum that would effortlessly complement the pot’s verdigris patina and look deliciously fresh against the yellow Banksian rose behind. How to achieve the look In this arrangement for a corner of the Courtyard at Sissinghurst, I studied the colour of each ingredient, including the copper pot and the neighbouring plants, before deciding on the colour and shape of the flower to use in the display. The pot sets the narrative – it’s the colour of…

Fernando Caruncho believes you know an authentic garden not when you see it, but when you feel it. “When you enter a real garden, time stops,” he says. “You know immediately that you are in a special place. You are transformed.” And he would know. The Spanish landscape designer is lauded for his gardens, which are often called minimalist and contemporary; harmonious and timeless. Earlier this year, he was in London to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Garden Designers, at a ceremony where the audience gave him a standing ovation. Despite this reverence, he insists, as did his hero ‘Capability’ Brown, that he is simply a gardener. A city boy from Madrid, his passion for nature was kindled on summer visits to his grandfather’s house near…

1 Tulipa crystal pink† * A crispa tulip, with fringed petals, that is still in the development stage. Flowers May. 40cm. 2 T. ‘Vovos’† A parrot tulip, named for a local bird society, that is copper coloured with a hint of blue. A cross between ‘Malaika’ and ‘Blue Parrot’. Flowers May. 30cm. 3 T. parrot crystal† * Another new cross between a crispa and parrot tulip. Flowers May. 30cm. 4 T. yellow tango† * A Triumph tulip with ‘Shirley’ as one of its ancestors. Flowers from late April. 45cm. 5 T. ‘Flaming Agrass’† mutant of the well-known A ‘Agrass White’. A strong Triumph tulip. Flowers from mid May. 45cm. 6 T. cream double lily* Jan is propagating this new cultivar for Japanese growers. It’s the only double lily tulip that…

DESERT BLOOM The collaborative trio of Grimshaw Architects, Arup Engineering and Haley Sharpe Design has revealed its masterplan for the Oman Botanic Garden, an eco park in the foothills of the Al Hajar mountains in northeastern Oman. The garden, covering 420 hectares, will be the largest of its kind in the Arabian Peninsula and will celebrate and conserve the country’s botanic diversity by re-creating its eight principal habitats, the most sensitive enclosed in two biomes. The garden will also include a visitor centre, and education and research facilities. grimshaw.global…

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MAY ISSUE • Dan Pearson’s glorious restoration of the Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll garden at Folly Farm • Romania’s disappearing wildflower meadows • Contemporary planting in a Suffolk garden • In Margery Fish’s footsteps at East Lambrook Manor • What not to miss at the 2018 Chelsea Flower Show ON SALE 26 APRIL Save money when you subscribe to the digital edition – see page 32. Also in selected Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Tesco stores, as well as WHSmith, and all good magazine retailers.…

I GIVE MY CEANOTHUSES TEN YEARS AND IF THEY MAKE IT TO FIFTEEN WOULD EXPECT A TELEGRAM FROM THE QUEEN We like to think of the trees and shrubs in our gardens as permanent fixtures. We call them anchor plants and they are expected to remain, dutifully, holding the garden together. If we change our minds about one and, wondering what made us plant it in that spot to begin with, wish it dead, we tend to delay the execution, despairing of what to do with the awful gap it will leave. Fortunately, some things, by their tendency to a short and brilliant life, do the dirty work for us, and provide the lesson that it is good to move your anchors from time to time. It is impossible to…