Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2021 i Gardens Illustrated Magazine

As we were putting together this issue, world leaders were gathered for the G7 summit in Cornwall. Much of the debate considered climate change and the increasing evidence of a climate emergency. We await tangible outcomes of the meeting, but in the meantime, we can all play our part in our homes and just as importantly in our gardens. Key to us achieving more sustainable and environmentally aware gardens is a reset in our aesthetic expectations of what a garden should look like. In this issue, established designer Mary Keen reveals her new garden, just off the high street of a small town on the edge of the Cotswolds but gardened very much with a looser, wilder appeal. “I hope it’s a place to be lost in, even though it…

Be sure to check opening times and travel restrictions. Many garden visits will need to be pre-booked. I’m often asked what is my favourite garden and I always answer Chanticleer Garden in Pennsylvania, USA. When international travel once again becomes a possibility I would recommend everyone to visit. I was lucky enough to work there for a month 18 years ago in the early days of Hunting Brook. I worked with each gardener for a few days, learning their style of planting. The planting styles of Jonathan Wright, Dan Benarcik and Lisa Roper were all a huge inspiration to me. 786 Church Road, Wayne, PA 19087, USA. Tel +1 610 687 4163, chanticleergarden.org One garden I’m able to visit regardless of international travel requirements is the very beautiful and plant-packed…

Give edible plants the love afforded to ornamental plants and they have untold beauty Earliest garden memory Crawling through the rows of veg in my mother’s kitchen garden, biting the sprouts straight off the plant. Apparently, it took my mum ages to figure out what rare and unusual pest her veg had fallen victim to. First plant love Tomatoes – and the infatuation is just as strong to this day. They are just beautiful objects. If I could grow only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be heirloom tomatoes. Who has inspired your career the most? My two daughters. As a single mum it was important to show them that you can make a career out of something you love, and that with hard work you…

Mary relishes the shelter afforded by her courtyard garden and the year-round abundance of choice plants visible from the kitchen windows. Having replaced the York stone paving with light-reflecting gravel and painted the garden doors a luminous blue, she filled the enlarged beds with an intense mix of blues “with a dash of salmon that makes the blues sing”. Rosa x odorata ‘Mutabilis’ and climbing Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ flower for weeks on end; Daphne bholua, lilies and Gladiolus murielae take it in turn to scent the walled space; and so far, an Acacia dealbata has survived its first wicked winter. For structure, there is Melianthus major, Polystichum setiferum ‘Pulcherrimum Bevis’ (the “best of ferns”) and Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca ‘Citrina’. Shocking-pink Cyclamen coum “thrills all winter” and the same intense…

What Introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Angel pelargoniums, are smaller versions of Regal pelargoniums, with small, round, viola-like, serrated leaves and much smaller flowers. Although they generally have a more compact and bushy habit there is one lax cultivar that works well in hanging baskets and pots. Origins The Pelargonium genus of around 220 species within the family Geraniaceae, is mainly from South Africa but also found in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, southern Australia and Tasmania. The Angel pelargoniums are mostly bred from P. crispum from South Africa. Season Spring to autumn in cool temperate climates; can be year-round depending on the growing conditions and location. Size Variable, from low, compact and bushy, to around 90cm tall. Conditions Cool and dry over winter, hot sunshine in…

On Gill Hodgson’s Instagram feed is a black-and-white photo of a little girl. It shows Gill aged five, clutching a bunch of flowers on her parents’ farm in the late 1950s. ‘I still live on the same farm and my hands are still full of flowers,’ reads the caption. Despite having stayed in the “very rural” East Riding of Yorkshire all her life, Gill has had an impact throughout Britain. And it’s all down to those flowers. Ten years ago, she created Flowers from the Farm, a not-for-profit co-operative of British cut-flower growers. Gill can’t quite believe that her fledgling organisation now has around 1,000 members across the country, stretching from the Scottish Highlands to the Isles of Scilly. As Honorary President, she oversees a net work of regional organisers–…

My pieces become like ghosts, frozen in a moment and yet simultaneously everlasting Ceramics run in Kaori Tatebayashi’s blood. Her mother was a ceramic painter in Kyoto and her grandfather, who lived in the famous porcelain town of Arita, in Kyushu, southern Japan, was a tableware merchant. Kaori spent her childhood summers there, hiding in the straw in which the dishes and bowls were packed, hunting for fragments of old Imari ware in the river, and playing in the nearby quarry where the materials for porcelain (kaolin and feldspar) were extracted. It’s no surprise then that she went on to study the subject but, from an early age, she knew she wanted to do something different with ceramics. “So often ceramics are all about vessels and functional pieces,” she says.…

1 NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM Plans have been revealed to create a living memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire to those who lost their lives to Covid-19. On the site of former quarry workings, currently covered by scrubland and a silt pond, the new 25-acre plot will be planted with a grove of trees, representing the diversity of religions across the Commonwealth, and will include a large lake. Groundworks for this extension to the 150-acre woodland are planned to begin in early 2022, with the living memorial expected to open to the public in 2023. thenma.org.uk 2 GARDEN OF TRANQUILLITY A new garden designed to provide a safe, sensory space for people with dementia has been installed close to the East Gate entrance at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.…

THE FORAGER’S GARDEN by Anna Locke Permanent Publications, £9.95, ISBN 978-1856233071 An essential guide on how to create a thriving foraging garden that will provide pleasure throughout the year, encourage wildlife and help you reconnect with nature. EMBRACE YOUR INNER PLANT LADY by Emma Bastow HarperCollins, £9.99, ISBN 978-0008454968 A light-hearted read providing essential tips and some savvy, low-cost methods for caring for your houseplants. BRITAIN’S INSECTS by Paul D Brock Princeton University Press, £25, ISBN 978-0691179278 A comprehensive guide on Britain and Ireland’s insects, with identification tools, key information and more than 2,000 beautifully shot photographs. THE PLANT PROPAGATOR’S BIBLE by Miranda Smith Cool Springs Press, £12.99 ISBN 978-0760369791 Suitable for both beginners and advanced gardeners, this re-release provides detailed, step-by-step guidance on cultivating new plants. GROWING FLOWERS by…

Non Morris Non visits designer Mary Keen’s new garden, page 34. “Mary Keen’s garden exerted a magnetic pull from my first glimpse of her radiant courtyard through the kitchen windows.” June Blake June offers exciting planting ideas, sharing the bold combinations she uses in her Irish garden, page 74. “These are the plants and colours that fill my borders from late summer to autumn.” Lisa Linder Lisa photographs ceramicist Kaori Tatebayashi, page 94. “It was such a treat to meet the hugely talented Kaori. Her ceramics are absolutely exquisite, and watching her work was so inspiring.”…

A beautiful patchwork of colour and texture, Yeo Valley Organic Garden is one of the UK’s largest organic ornamental gardens certified by the Soil Association. It has been created by Sarah Mead over the past 30 years and occupies six-and-a-half acres around the family home on the Yeo Valley Organic farm. It is also the inspiration behind Yeo Valley Organic’s show garden at this year’s much-anticipated RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Designed by award-winning garden designer Tom Massey in collaboration with Sarah Mead, the garden will offer a rich tapestry of flowering plants that encourage wildlife, support pollinators and nurture soil health. It features an open perennial meadow brimming with flowering plants, walls made of biochar logs that highlight the importance of keeping carbon in the soil, and a hand-crafted wooden…

BATH-TIME TREATS I love planting edibles in containers as you can place them where they are handy, particularly when it comes to herbs and salads, of which you often need to pick just a few leaves at a time. I couldn’t resist this vintage tin bath when I spotted it outside our local reclamation yard. I particularly like the contrast of the rusted legs against the galvanised surface and knew it would make a great planter with its generous proportions. How to achieve the look Container and composition The bath tub needed some height to balance out its width so I made a teepee with a twisted willow spiral. A vertical structure also increases the amount of food you can grow in a small space. I’ve opted here for an…

I love this garden,” says Charlotte Harris of design duo Harris Bugg, who, between Charlotte in London and Hugo Bugg in Exeter, take on a dizzying variety of projects, of every size and description. Not to mention their upcoming Main Avenue show garden for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Tucked away behind a north London terrace, this is one of the pair’s smaller gardens, a microcosm of their focus on texture and shape, with imaginative hard landscaping. “Looseness is a word that was used a lot during the planning,” Charlotte recalls as she describes the client’s brief. “He wanted something wild, like a meadow in the back garden.” It’s music to a designer’s ears, she notes, when clients with small gardens do not ask for a lawn. Instead, the…

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Denmark is a small country endowed with a disproportionate amount of coastline, as well as cultural influence. Among the more than 400 islands is Funen, sitting between the mainland and Zealand, which is the largest island and home to the capital Copenhagen. Choosing Funen or any of the islands as a base, it is easy to radiate outwards, exploring an archipelago or heading into the Baltic. Copenhagen Denmark’s remarkable contribution to 20th-century design is part of its allure; it is a paradise for fans of form and function. Bask in a giant showroom of vintage pieces by Verner Panton and Arne Jacobsen at Roxy Klassik, or, in the centre of town, Klassik Moderne Møbelkunst. Regarding floral design, artist and visionary Tage Andersen has a retail presence nearby; it is a…

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.…

ROSCOEA ‘HARVINGTON RAW SILK’ Bred by Hugh Nunn of Twelve Nunns Nursery, this early flowering hybrid has pale-pink bracts opening to large, pale-yellow to ivory flowers. Roscoeas were among the most popular plants in the garden last year, where they performed really well; I reckon this was because of the wet summer. I plant mine in a sunny spot with a bit of shade from nearby plants. If you grow them in sun, make sure the soil does not get too dry. I propagate them by division in April and seed sown fresh in autumn. AGM*. Height 30cm. Origin Garden (species China). Conditions Moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil; semi-shade to full sun. Hardiness RHS H5† . Season of interest July to August for flowers. KNIPHOFIA ‘GLADNESS’ I grow many different…

Watering is never more important than now. Heat and dry soil can cause crops to run to seed so water thoroughly to keep plants from becoming stressed. You will be glad of any hard work you did in winter to incorporate organic matter: healthy soil with a good structure is much better at holding moisture. Feed crops in pots once a week. By now any food that was in your compost or potting soil will be used up, and the plants will be relying on you for their nutrients. I like to use liquid seaweed or tomato food. Keep picking soft fruit to encourage plants to produce more. I like to give them a boost with a sprinkling of pellets made from organic sheep manure. Water well after application to…

1 Salvia ‘Amistad’ A towering plant with rich, velvety-purple flowers that offer a dark accent from May until November. 1.5m. AGM*. RHS H3† . 2 Dahlia ‘Waltzing Mathilda’ One of Mary’s favourite dahlias, this single-flowered cultivar is great for pollinators. Its blooms are a warm coral colour that are held above black-crimson foliage. 75cm. AGM. RHS H3. 3 Daucus carota The attractive wild carrot, which Mary grows from seed, forms gentle, lacy, white platforms amid the soft grasses in summer – a calming contrast to the richly coloured beds. 75cm. RHS H7. 4 Dahlia ‘Karma Fuchsiana’ A beautiful dahlia with prolific, bright-pink flowers surrounding a fluorescent, lime-yellow heart. 80cm. RHS H3. 5 Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’ This perennial globe thistle, much loved by bees, has silver, branching stems bearing spherical…

Part of the client’s brief for Harris Bugg Studio was that he wanted his urban meadow to have an edible element. Edgings of wild strawberries and prostrate rosemary provide texture and an effective groundcover as well as being harvestable. Herbs, in sunny areas and in pots, include thyme, fennel, lemon verbena, upright rosemary and loose shrubs of bay. Other good-value plants include Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum simulans): “It has a really nice filigree quality, then you get the pepper at the end of the season,” says Charlotte. A broad-leaved sausage vine (Holboellia latifolia) has enthusiastically covered the back wall, producing strange-looking but palatable fruit in autumn.…

1 Verbascum chaixii ‘Album’ An extremely easy-going plant with white flowers and rose-red centres that is much loved by pollinators and beneficial insects. Need full sun and prefers free-draining soil. 90cm. RHS H6, USDA 5a-8b† . 2 Knautia macedonica ‘Mars Midget’ While this cultivar is very similar to the species, it has shorter flower stems. Loved by pollinators, it flowers throughout the summer. “We’d argue it’s our best plant for bees and butterflies,” say Richard and Jill. 45cm. RHS H7, USDA 5a-8b. 3 Nepeta nervosa ‘Pink Candy’ A catmint with upright spikes of lavender-pink flowers that appear from June to September above grey-green leaves. 60cm. RHS H7. 4 Penstemon ‘Pensham Plum Jerkum’ This cultivar has a lovely colour and is surprisingly hardy and trustworthy for a penstemon. Wait until the…

A CORNUCOPIA OF FRUIT & VEGETABLES by Caroline Ball Bodleian Library, £15 ISBN 978-1851245666 Delve into the fascinating, pictorial world of 18th-century edible produce with this colourful compendium of botanical artwork. Reviewer Katy Merrington is cultural gardener at The Hepworth Wakefield. Blushing peaches, sturdy turnips, hairy carrots and pink-veined cabbages all grace the pages of this trimly digestible picture book. Selected fruit and vegetable portraits have been chosen from the weighty volumes of the Phytanthoza Iconographia. This historic A to Z of plant life was published in four volumes between 1734 and 1745 by ambitious apothecary Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, who sought to portray and describe thousands of plants in a vastly encyclopaedic work. Weinmann employed a succession of talented artists, writers and printmakers to collaborate on the project and the…