Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2019 i Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Designer Nigel Dunnett is famed for his critically acclaimed public planting, notably his rhythmic Olympic Park scheme in Stratford, east London, and the colourful meadowesque planting he has installed amid the Brutalist architecture of London’s Barbican Centre. Roundabouts and traffic islands in Sheffield’s city centre, joyful with wildflowers, are further testament to the scope of his work. Nigel’s planting is designed to evoke the same human response as immersion in nature, be it awe and wonder in a vast steppe landscape or the hush of a bluebell wood. Pleasure is his driver. Is it possible to achieve the same human response within a small garden? Nigel’s own garden near Sheffield suggests yes. Immersive and painterly with repeating rhythms, textures and colour, it is a place where beauty and wildlife co-exist.…

ROSE-TINTED At one time a rose garden conjured up a very formal affair, but planting designers are now discovering how versatile this summer favourite can be. Increasingly, roses are being used in more naturalistic, meadow-style plantings, intermingled with ornamental grasses and layered with choice perennials and annuals, to create a richly textured effect. To help gardeners create their own rose meadows the garden charity Perennial has launched a helpful kit that offers practical instructions from Colm Joseph and Duncan Cargill, who designed a sustainable, low-maintenance rose meadow for the charity’s display at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The kit explains the key principles of a rose meadow, detailing the layering of plants and offers suggestions for perennials and grasses as well as roses to plant. Also included is a…

The Jungfrau Region in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland is a spectacular, species-rich area with excellent accessibility and great capacity for mountain adventures. Rail networks extend high into the mountains, funiculars and cable cars of variable vintage providing the last leg of the journey. There are more than 500km of marked footpaths and alpine trails to lead you through the pristine mountains and its alpine flora. The Schynige Platte Botanical Alpine Garden spreads out across the slopes at 2,000m. It’s easy to lose a few hours looking at the 650 species grown here before setting off across the Alp Isleten, passing Alpine huts, colonies of burrow-dwelling mountain marmots and flowers galore. Here you will hear the gentle jingling of cow bells and take in breathtaking panoramic views amid traditional…

In her choices for plants, Helen is detail-focussed, accentuating horizontals with verticals 1 Highs and lows Helen’s detailing is evident in her approach to hard landscaping and plants. Here, making a connection between the verticals and horizontals of both. Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Album’ has an upright habit with lateral foliage, while multi-stemmed Prunus serrula, with its prominent bark rings, draws attention to the parallel lines of the contemporary holding wall and the old brick wall behind. 2 Muted tones The muted reds of Hylotelephium ‘Matrona’ and Anemanthele lessoniana, and blue foliage of Santolina chamaecyparissus echo the weathered brick, which along with the wider countryside sets the tone for the garden’s colour palette. Greens are used in broad brush strokes, while seedheads add warm tones and further texture to a pleasantly low-maintenance…

What Fuchsia is a genus with more than 100 species, named in honour of the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566). They are mostly small shrubs and trees, but there are also prostrate, low-growing, and scrambling members. The leaves are normally oppositely arranged, with pendent flowers on slender pedicels produced from the leaf axils. Origins Most Fuchsia species are native to Central and South America, but a few are native to an area from New Zealand to Tahiti. Season From late spring into late autumn, or even early winter. In mild climates or coastal and city climates, fuchsias will start flowering earlier, and it is not unusual to find fuchsias still in flower in December. Size In the coldest areas of the UK, hardy fuchsias may be cut down to the…

• Use different levels. This garden has an ormamental sunken section stepping up to a raised dining area. • A change of flooring material can herald a shift in use: here a bleached oak walkway leads to a softer cockleshell and limestone base in the dining area. • Alter vertical elements. The 3.2m-tall pleached crab apple panels add privacy to the dining area and highlight the seasons with blossom, fruits and coloured foliage. The 1.8m-high willow fence is half a metre higher around the working area. • Hedges are the most obvious solution to dividing a garden, but here informal chestnut poles hide cooking facilities. • Use colour and texture in planting to highlight a change of mood and function, or act as a barrier. The fig trees in this…

Viewed on plan, most of this garden is given over to paving, but the impression from within is of a lush, plant-filled oasis. This is achieved by grouping the main planting areas for maximum impact, and building plants up in layers. The raised bed behind the dining bench effectively merges with a strip of ornamental grasses and Verbena bonariensis on the upper level, separated only by a glass barrier. The boundary walls are covered with climbers, such as Trachelospermum jasminoides, and evergreen panels of Euonymus japonicus muffle the city sounds from outside. Many more plants soften the impact of the garden studio, screening the side elevation of the structure, and turning a potentially awkward bare corner into a well-judged set piece.…

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1 MYDDLETON HOUSE GARDENS This historic eight-acre garden was once the home to renowned plantsman Edward Augustus Bowles. Restored in 2011, the two-acre Victorian Kitchen Garden flourishes throughout the year with seasonal heritage fruit and vegetables. The glasshouse has peach and nectarine trees laden with fruit during the summer. Bulls Cross, Enfield EN2 9HG | visitleevalley.org.uk/myddelton 2 OSTERLEY PARK AND HOUSE Considered one of the best examples in the country of an 18th-century pleasure garden, Osterley has been returned to grandeur with herbaceous borders and elegant flower gardens. Don’t miss the vibrant colours of the ornamental vegetable garden, bursting with produce that supplies the Stables Café. Isleworth, London TW7 4RD | 020 8232 5050 | nationaltrust.org.uk/osterley 4 NATIONAL TRUST TYNTESFIELD Tyntesfield is a rare survivor of the…

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The avocado plant was first described by Linnaeus, in his Species plantarum of 1753, as Laurus persea, but a year later the English botanist Philip Miller realised the plant collected from the West Indies required its own genus and renamed it Persea americana. Today, avocados are grown for their highly nutritious, fleshy fruits in many parts of the world, including the West Indes, Mexico and Guatemala. There are several different cultivars, all of which are tender, evergreen trees. Most grow to around 20m and thrive in warm, sub-tropical areas, although there are some dwarf cultivars and some hardier Mexican avocados that can be cultivated in cooler areas. Surprisingly, although their pear-shaped fruits have a single seed (the pit or stone) at their centre, they are classed as berries rather than…

MARIANNE MAJERUS Marianne photographs a small London garden, page 88. “I was struck by how the bronzy brown hues of the planting interacted with the Corten steel architecture.” ALYS FOWLER Alys visits Nigel Dunnett’s private garden, page 42. “It is always a joy to have an insight to a designer’s own garden as you often get to see their freer, more experimental side.” MARIAN BOSWALL Marian begins a new design series, page 112. “I’ll be sharing my approach to landscape design through connecting to the land, starting with our ancient landscape.”…

GLADIOLUS ‘SYLVIA’ It’s tricky to associate most gladioli with other garden flowers. The exotic blooms scream for attention and dominate their companions. ‘Sylvia’, in common with a number of other dwarf cultivars, is the exception to this rule. I use these little flowers in clumps throughout my herbaceous borders, providing a colourful pick-me-up through the latter part of the season. I’ve started to view them as a summer tulip. Plant them around 100 days before you want them to flower and enjoy a burst of colour when much of the garden is a little tired from the summer heat. Height 1.5m. Origin Garden origin (species from South Africa). Conditions Fertile, free-draining soil; full sun. Hardiness RHS H3, USDA 7a-10b. Season of interest Mid to late summer. CANNA ‘EREBUS’ There aren’t…

Earliest gardening memory Pulling up potatoes with my grandfather. Potato harvesting is one of those hands-in-the-earth experiences that remains enthralling whether you’re seven or 70. First plant love Forget-me-nots: one childhood summer my sister and I chose seed packets to sow into unused concrete breeze blocks at the edge of the garden. Germination was surprise enough, but the great mass of blue filling my block the following spring was a wonder. Career inspiration Gardener-writers have had the biggest influence. I admire those physically engaged in their gardens while capable of bringing them to life on the page: Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood, Roger Deakin in his Suffolk meadow. Favourite garden Aberglasney Gardens in Carmarthenshire is a constant source of inspiration, from its subtropical Ninfarium to the walled garden restored by…

Guy Barter was born on a farm in a hamlet miles from anywhere in southwest Wiltshire. “We were known as the Baa-rters, because we had so many sheep,” he says. It was his grandfather who ran the farm, while his father worked as a probation officer and social worker, but he was surrounded by keen gardeners and got his own allotment at an early age. “Although there weren’t many there like me. I used to experiment with making my own fertiliser formulas using ingredients from the allotment shop and keeping records to see what worked best for each different group of crops.” Chemistry was his favourite subject at school but he had no clear vocation at that stage. “Out of indecision I drifted into the health service, where I worked…

Garden designers can be inclined towards an out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new approach to existing plants to gain that tantalising blank canvas. But that’s not London-based garden designer Miria Harris’s way. Hers is a sensitive, low-intervention approach that urges sustainability and biodiversity. Other recurring themes in her work include a desire to play down hard boundaries and to weave edible elements through her planting schemes – tempting humans and wildlife alike. The clients on this project, a family living in an extended Georgian cottage, a stone’s throw from the urban wilderness of London’s Hampstead Heath, had a tentative brief that suited Miria’s considered approach. Architects McLaren Excell had just completed an extensive renovation of the house with a thoughtful layering of old and new elements. The garden had inevitably been mangled in the…

A MODERN HERBAL by Alys Fowler Michael Joseph, £20 ISBN 978-0241368336 Alys Fowler explores the restorative powers of her favourite herbs. An important and accessible herbal for the 21st century. Reviewer Anna Greenland is an organic grower and consultant. For millennia, people have used herbs to support health – a connection many of us have lost. In this book Alys Fowler redresses the void and shares simple ways in which she uses herbs to support wellbeing. In doing so she empowers us with the knowledge of our ancestors, reconnecting us with everyday plants and giving our herb gardens a new lease of life. Unlike many ancient herbals, this book provides plenty of practical growing advice. Fowler writes: ‘If you wonder why a certain herb is missing, it’s because I don’t…

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• A formal country house garden in Somerset, designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd • Bright ideas for late summer container displays • Soft planting in a garden that blends seamlessly with the Devon landscape • Dan Pearson’s design for three interconnecting courtyards at the studio of photographer Juergen Teller…

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 programmes at Dixter and worldwide lectures. He was awarded an RHS Associate of Honour in 2008 and an RHS Victoria Medal of Honour in 2019. 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.…

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Derry Watkins’ garden and nursery Special Plants is a delight for plantaholics. Although she gardens on heavy clay, Derry has a real passion for Mediterranean plants, and has created two gravel gardens to show off her extensive collection. The gardens are a real treat for enthusiasts and are open every Tuesday until October. Derry’s nursery is open daily and full of unusual perennials, grasses, and biennials. Special Plants, Greenways Lane, Cold Ashton, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 8LA. Tel 01225 891686, specialplants.net Although famed for its spring-flowering camellias, and magnolias, Abbotsbury Subtropical Garden is even more exciting in high summer. Hydrangeas and tender perennials steal the show with a diversity and vibrancy that has an appropriately subtropical flavour. The gardens also enjoy stunning views of the Jurassic Coast. Open daily until December…

• Have several focal points and ‘stopping-off’ points throughout the garden, avoiding a straight line to the back wall. • Use materials that work with the existing structure. The rust tones of the bowl and raised beds, and the pink of the Cedec gravel, can all be found in the random rubble walls that surround the garden. • Texture is equally as important as colour. Putting different textures together can emphasise different finishes and adds another layer of interest. • Make a feature of anything you can’t hide, such as compost bins shaped like beehives and an unashamedly traditional garden shed.…

NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF JAM by Sara Lewis National Trust Books, £9.99 ISBN 978-1911358602 A compilation of 70 simple and tasty recipes for preserving fruit, with traditional and contemporary flavours. CARNIVOROUS PLANTS by Dan Torre Reaktion Books, £16 ISBN 978-1789140521 Dan Torre tells the story of this unusual group of plants, from their complicated biology, to the space they inhabit in the public imagination. THE NEW NATURALIST LIBRARY GARDEN BIRDS by Mike Toms William Collins, £35 ISBN 978-0008164751 An in-depth study of birds commonly found in gardens, including an analysis of the role of gardens in their ecology. QUEENSPOTTING by Hilary Kearney Storey Publishing, £14.99 ISBN 978-1635860375 Tales from Hilary Kearney’s own beekeeping are interspersed with pages containing fun and practical ‘spot-the-queen’ challenges. FERMENTATION by Åsa Simonsson Lorenz Books, £15…

1 WADDESDON, A ROTHSCHILD HOUSE & GARDENS Created in the 19th century for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, these gardens exemplify Victorian horticulture with a parterre, 3D bedding sculpture, a Rococo-style aviary and collection of statuary. The formal gardens open up to parkland with woodland, hidden glades and picturesque views. Nr Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 0JH | 01296 820414 | waddesdon.org.uk 2 HADDON HALL Be swept away in these romantic Elizabethan terraced gardens. Meander past old fragrant climbing roses; stroll through Arne Maynard-designed borders interlaced with walkways and punctuated by topiary and lawns. Explore the Knot Garden and wildflower mead. Garden talks, tours and workshops. Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1LA | 01629 812855 | haddonhall.co.uk 3 NYMANS Meandering pathways wind through the garden, inviting you to wander slowly and admire…