Innholdsfortegnelse for Special 2022 i Gardens Illustrated Magazine

This issue sneaks in between our June and July issues and we’re calling it, quite straightforwardly, our Summer issue. And we think it’s a time of year worth celebrating. This is when the garden slows a little; the rush of spring has passed, the turn to autumn is a while off, plants are settled and gardeners can allow themselves a pause in the garden after a day’s activity, as the sun dips late in the evening. In the issue we feature a range of garden styles in a celebration of gorgeous gardens large and small. There are few of us whose thoughts won’t be transported by the hilltop garden in Italy’s central Lazio region, designed by English designer Stuart Barfoot (page 30). Here fulsome planting, gentle curves and distant views…

Party time Whether you have a spacious country garden or a small city courtyard, summer is the time to gather family and friends together and make the most of your outside space. So, if you’re planning a summer barbecue, a prosecco party or afternoon tea in the garden, why not also help raise money for nursing and health charities under the National Garden Scheme’s Great British Garden Party initiative. You can sign up on the NGS website, where you’ll find tips on how to style your table for a garden party, advice on flower arranging, cake decorating and colour-scheme inspiration, as well as plenty of ideas, such as hosting cake and plant sales, that will turn your party into a fundraising event. ngs.org.uk Hit the decks The season for lounging…

Prune spring and early summer flowering shrubs Cut back shrubs such as deutzia, philadelphus, ribes and lilac to strong buds after flowering to remove old flowerheads and maintain a desirable shape and size. You may need to thin out larger branches, cutting some back hard to create a balanced and open structure. Look after summer pots and containers Regularly feed with a liquid fertiliser and deadhead plants to keep displays looking good all summer. Grouping pots together will help with watering and offer some protection from intense sun and heat. Water and ventilate greenhouses To prevent overheating ensure they are well ventilated, and damp down the floor and surfaces to cool and increase humidity. Adding temporary shading in the form of material or shade paint will also help. Encourage fresh…

The owners of this designed garden wanted an escape, a place of sanctuary and privacy that would be both embedded in the local landscape but also possessed of its own character – with more than a soupçon of Englishness about it. Designer Stuart Barfoot instilled all these characteristics by means of big, shrubby plantings – with roses to the fore– almost as if to cocoon the house. Rosa ‘Scharlachglut’ is a key plant that works well in a large-scale context, Stuart says. “They are early into flower so they are never out-competed, and you get lovely reflections in the swimming pool. The huge, shiny red hips are a bonus in autumn, offset by grasses and asters.” Species roses have been added to bolster the ‘wild’ atmosphere of the garden, which…

John Little likes the stuff other people disregard: building waste, rubble, old ceramic toilets. He likes rubbish bins, bike stores and railings. He’s partial to an old car carcass and a bit of “bad pruning”. One thing he’s not so keen on is topsoil. This is all coming from a man who makes some of the most inspiring landscapes around, those that are rich in biodiversity, economical to make and maintain, low impact in terms of embodied carbon and pleasing, enriching even, to people. John has made a business out of growing wild things on waste. He sows wildflower meadows into crushed toilets and sinks that flourish because of the low-nutrient content of such substrates. He creates insect habitats from the sort of rubbish that any building site has –…

The Italian phrase for kindergarten, nido scuola, translates as ‘nest school’, which sweetly captures the sense of nurturing and care that a school for children, from babies up to six years old should encompass. It was certainly a phrase that was at the forefront of Cristina Mazzucchelli’s mind when she was asked to design a garden for Clorofilla Kindergarten in central Milan, a nursery which, as its name implies, has put nature and an understanding of plants and botany as a central feature. “The brief was to make a garden where children could freely move and play and where above all they felt safe and were safe,” says Cristina. “But also to make it a place where the kids could be stimulated by plants, and where the plants were to…

1 Rosa Tradescant (= ‘Ausdir’) A repeat-flowering shrub rose, with arching branches, that can also be grown as a short climber up to 2.4m. Its deep-crimson blooms have a strong, old-rose scent and healthy foliage. 1.8m x 1.5m. RHS H4, USDA 5a-9b† . 2 Iris ‘Picador’ This strong-growing bearded iris was introduced by Benjamin Yoe Morrison in around 1930. Jenny’s came from an iris found growing in her grandfather’s garden in Kent, which remained unidentified for many years. 1.2m. 3 Sisyrinchium striatum Clump-forming perennial with vertical stems that carry clusters of pale-yellow flowers and fans of lance-shaped leaves. Will re-flower if deadheaded and readily self-seeds. 60cm x 25cm. RHS H4, USDA 5a-9b. 4 Lupinus ‘Gallery Blue’ In midsummer, deep-indigo spires are held above palmate leaves. It will repeat flower if…

1 Symphyotrichum ‘Prairie Purple’ A lovely, tall aster that produces masses of starry purple-blue flowers over a very long flowering season, from late summer to late autumn. 1m x 70cm. RHS H7† . 2 Calamagrostis brachytricha The useful Korean feather grass thrives in both sun and part shade with tall, fluffy, silver-grey flowerheads that emerge out of fountains of grey-green foliage. 1.5m x 50cm. AGM*. RHS H6, USDA 4a-9b. 3 Sanguisorba officinalis ‘Red Thunder’ Forms attractive clumps of feathery foliage from which slender, arching stems are topped with claret red flower spikes that sway in the breeze. 1.2m x 60cm. RHS H7, USDA 4a-8b. 4 Eryngium giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’ A perennial loved for its flower spikes, surrounded by a ruff of silver-white bracts, that turn steely blue as they mature…

• Barnsley House, Barnsley, Gloucestershire Once the home of renowned garden designer Rosemary Verey, the gardens of this luxury hotel remain a highlight. Tel 01285 740000, barnsleyhouse.com • Glenapp Castle Hotel, Ballantrae, Ayrshire Gertrude Jekyll designed the Italian garden at Glenapp Castle, which sits within the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Tel 01465 831212, glenappcastle.com • Gravetye Manor, West Hoathly, East Sussex The gardens here, now managed by the hugely talented head gardener Tom Coward, were originally created by William Robinson in 1885 and are now considered one of the most important historic gardens in England. Tel 01342 810567, gravetyemanor.co.uk • Hotel Endsleigh, Milton Abbot, Devon The 18th-century landscape designer Humphry Repton created the fairy-tale gardens, woodlands, follies and grottos in the grounds of this Dartmoor hotel. Tel…

Anna Pavord d Anna Pavord is a garden writer. DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS by Ray Desmond CRC Press, ISBN 978-0850668438 Out of print but search online for secondhand copies The two books I’ve chosen aren’t ones that you’d take to the beach. Too heavy for a start. The first is the book that I asked to have with me when I was a castaway on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. It is Ray Desmond’s Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists, published in 1994. A bit dry you might think. But you’d be wrong. Desmond is the kind of miracle that does not exist any more: meticulous but never dry, scholarly but totally engaging. I love garden history in all its forms and can dip anywhere…

Tuin (garden) might be the only Dutch word you’ll need for a weekend in Amsterdam; the tightly packed city is garden-oriented to such a degree that everything seems to have a small tuin attached, from museums to the fêted canal houses, which have an open gardens weekend in June. Expertise in growing, gardening and tool craftsmanship make this an easy-to-reach recharge point. Eating among plants De Kas is the ultimate garden-to-table destination in the Netherlands, and was certainly one of the first, when Gert Jan Hageman converted the city’s former municipal nursery in Frankendael Park into a mainly plant-based restaurant in 2000. Now a complex of greenhouses old and new, most of the ingredients are brought in from its garden in the Beemster region. Across the park, in an old…

Claire Harrup Claire illustrates Benjamin Pope’s column, page 26. “I look forward to receiving Benjamin’s words each month, they always provide such a rich variety of ideas to interpret visually.” Matthew Biggs Matthew shows how to create a summer of colour, page 46. “‘It was fascinating to revisit several simple techniques to prolong the flowering season of many popular herbaceous perennials.” Clare Coulson Clare visits a relaxed Suffolk garden given structure with topiary, page 66. “Jenny and John have created an immaculate and calming garden with a real sense of invention, craft and ingenuity.”…

Gardening should be regarded as an experimental art form, where spontaneity and forethought work in tandem Earliest garden memory I grew up next to a hop farm and the rich aroma of hop plants laid out to dry on balmy summer afternoons still remains with me. First plant love I am always drawn to the sinuous nature of our common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) trees. They comfort me, carrying an air of intrigue, with trunks that pull serpentine shapes, textured bark and graceful forms. Horticultural hero I am often influenced by gardeners whose creative practices cover diverse fields. Vita Sackville-West is an obvious choice. Not only was she a consummate plantswoman and gardener, but she wrote about plants, people, and places with great expressiveness. Similarly, I am guided by Vanessa Bell…

What Selection of mainly perennial plants. Some have been bred or selected to repeat flower; some naturally produce a succession of blooms; and some whose flowering season can be extended using simple horticultural management techniques. Origins Mainly from cool, temperate regions, with some from Mediterranean and continental climates. Season From spring through autumn to first frosts. Size Ranging from low, spreading groundcover to upright, bushy herbaceous perennials. Conditions In colder climates some plants will need lifting and overwintering in a cool, frost-free place, or to be overwintered under a protective mulch of well-rotted organic matter. Alternatively, leave the stems and foliage to die back over winter and clear the ground before regrowth starts in spring. *Holds an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. † Hardiness ratings given…

“Private apartments surround the garden, and the children needed privacy from them, just as the residents needed privacy from the kids,” says designer Cristina Mazzucchelli. She created a ring of raised beds all around the outside of the garden, and then filled them with shrubs and small trees, including Osmanthus, Phillyrea, Rhaphiolepis, Philadelphus, Cotinus coggygria and Escallonia. She purposely looked to the Mediterranean, where many of these plants grow on its shallow soils and in very dry conditions, which meant that they would thrive on a shallow depth of soil in the garden’s raised beds. “But they are also large shrubs, and so they have been able to create exactly the level of privacy we needed, as well as adding to the sense of a circle of green surrounding the…

Jenny and John prize crab apple trees for their almost year-round interest, and have used several in different ways throughout the space. Around the meadow they’ve used pleached Malus x robusta, which was originally staked and trained along canes that could be removed once the trees grew, to give a sense of enclosure. Its deep-red buds and blossom are followed by luscious red fruits that are held on the tree through autumn and winter. “The birds leave them until January or February so they bring a lot of colour,” says John. Malus x zumi ‘Golden Hornet’, which is used around the house, has white blossom followed by bright-yellow fruits in autumn. In midsummer its lush healthy foliage becomes a verdant feature and echoes the architectural details of the building. It’s…

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James Basson James lives in the South of France where he runs Scape Design, a practice 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. She lives…

• An enclosed pergola with a roof and sides helps to minimise being overlooked from behind, above and either side of the property. If situated away from the house, as here, it also creates a destination to encourage journeying through the garden. • Planting tall grasses, such as Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’, in front of the pergola helps to create the feeling of a cosy den and a sense of enclosure. • Slatted timber screens raise the height of the boundary walls enclosing the garden while allowing light to filter through. • A careful choice of plants intensifies the sense of privacy in the urban environment: taller salix along the boundaries, medium-sized evergreen shrubs and small, slow-growing trees, such as the evergreen Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris ‘Watereri’, provide year-round…

• Chelsea Chop This produces a succession of flowers, makes growth compact and bushy, and reduces the need for staking. As its name suggests, it’s something you should do around the time of the Chelsea Flower Show, from late May to early June. Cut back the stems of herbaceous perennials by a third to a half using shears or secateurs (secateurs are more precise). Flowers are smaller but greater in number and it extends the flowering season. Pruning closer to flowering time increases the delay in flowering, as regrowth takes longer. If you have several clumps of one cultivar, cut each group back to varying degrees. If you only have a single drift then cut those at the front back harder than those at the back. Deadhead to produce more…

What A naturalistic country garden designed to blend with its forest setting. Where Hampshire. Size 3,000 square metres within 50 acres of woodland. Soil Clay. Climate One of the driest and sunniest areas of southern England. Hardiness zone USDA 9. The deck seems to hover above a cloud of Deschampsia cespitosa ‘ Goldtau’ and purple moor grass, Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea ‘Transparent’. Original plantings of tall Rudbeckia maxima are augmented by further rudbeckias grown by owner David Johnston from a free packet of seeds.…