Innholdsfortegnelse for Special 2024 i Gardens Illustrated Magazine

PLANT PROFILE PHLOX FACT FILE What A genus of around 60 species, made up mostly of alpine and meadow perennials. There are a few annual species, but this feature focuses on the perennial border phlox Phlox paniculata and its hybrids. Season Summer into early autumn. Size Around 1-2m high with a spread of around 50cm. Conditions Moist, fertile, acidic soils, but will tolerate other soil conditions if adequate moisture and compost are provided during the growing season. Origins North America. Hardiness Hardy throughout the UK, with an RHS rating of H7, and suitable for gardens in USDA zones 4a to 8b. *Holds an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. †Hardiness ratings given where available. A summer flower garden would seem incomplete without border phlox, such is the…

GARDEN COUNTRY • When faced with a blank canvas, put in hedges as soon as possible. They divide and organise a space, provide shelter, and increase the richness of available wildlife habitats, which will attract the greatest possible range of biodiversity. Hawthorn is a good affordable option and forms a decent hedge within two or three years, although it will then need trimming a couple of times a year to keep it looking smart. • Examine your soil to understand what you are working with. In general, any soil is worth improving before starting to plant a new garden. I add masses of organic matter to new areas, but it must come from a reputable supplier. Aminopyralid contamination, caused by weedkiller residue in some compost and manure products, can cause…

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ACROSS 1 Genus of ‘Handkerchief’ and ‘Dove’ tree – turns Ida avid (7) 5 Cover celery stalks to turn them white (6) 8 Juncus is the genus of this grass-like plant – hurry! (4) 9 ___ pelargoniums, with dark markings on round leaves – included in quiz on alpines (5) 10 Vegetable in Colocasia genus – not quite a fortune-telling card (4) 11 Genus of medlar fruit – impels us to change (8) 13/3 down A Cordyline australis with green/cream striped leaves – ‘English Riviera Stunner’? (6,7) 14 See 16 down 16 Made sound like eg wind-blown honesty seedpods (7) 18 A partly opened eglantine, say (7) 20 Like an aphid's honeydew secretion (6) 21 See 23 across 23/21 Common name of flowering shrub Chaenomeles japonica (8,6) 25 As weeping willow branches do (4) 26 Equivocate about a bushy boundary (5) 27 Detect a sign of…

IN BRIEF Name Giardini Pistola. What A public garden consisting of six interconnecting terraces, grass amphitheatre and viewing mount. Where Puglia, Italy. Size Roughly ten acres. Soil Fertile mix of sand, limestone and red volcanic soil. Climate Mediterranean, with winter temperatures dropping to -10°C with occasional snow. Low summer rainfall, with temperatures reaching 40°C. Hardiness zone USDA 10. The design ensures that the visitor's journey up and across the terraces is one of discovery The approach to Giardini Pistola is along a winding drive, through vineyards, in the unspoilt valley of Canale di Pirro in the Puglia region of southern Italy, with a backdrop of gentle hills covered in downy oak woodlands, where wild boar roam free. These terraced gardens, designed by Urquhart & Hunt, were carved out of a sloping meadow four years ago, and…

IN BRIEF What A small, richly planted garden for a weekend cabin. Where Denmark. Size 150 square metres. Soil Both clay and sandy soils. Climate Coastal, but protected from harsh winds by planting. Hardiness zone USDA 8. Waves of perennials and ornamental grasses now lead the eye out towards the landscape beyond Close to the Danish coast, in a protected conservation area, sits a charming house, with a small but intimate garden bursting with colourful planting. Just a 45-minute drive from Copenhagen, it's the perfect weekend and summer retreat for its owners. But when they bought the property seven years ago, this lovely plant-filled garden was little more than a large lawn and a tangle of a particularly unwanted weed. “The first thing we needed to do was get rid of…

GI Reader EVENT To celebrate the success of the award-winning Gardens Illustrated podcast Talking Gardens, we will be recording a special episode in front of a live audience this September at the Garden Museum. First-time Talking Gardens guest Sarah Raven will join returning guest Nigel Slater, and host and Gardens Illustrated editor Stephanie Mahon, to talk about their dream gardens and plants, horticultural influences and inspirations, and insights into their imaginary Edens, as well as anything else that crops up along the way. Sarah Raven is a gardener and author with an eponymous online garden emporium. As well as hosting the Grow, Cook, Eat podcast, Sarah also runs courses on productive gardening and growing cut flowers from her home of 30 years, Perch Hill in East Sussex (see page 78).…

COURSES FOOD FOR LIFE Ethicurean Life is a new sustainable food and living platform, launched by the team behind The Ethicurean, a Michelin Green Star restaurant outside Bristol that closed in 2023. Ethicurean Life is a way for the team to keep sharing their knowledge of modern food culture, and help people to feel connected with nature and food systems, through courses, workshops and community. They run in-person masterclasses at venues across the UK with experts in everything from foraging to fermenting, delving into the science behind the method in a relaxed way. For more information and to see upcoming courses, visit ethicureanlife.com Talking point SPACE TO GROW? August features National Allotments Week (12-18 August), which encourages allotment holders to open their gates and highlight the benefits of allotments. “Low-cost…

Beds and borders reach their peak in high summer. The planting is at its most exuberant, the light at its most intense, and the colours at their most saturated High to late summer is a time of transition at Sissinghurst. The intensity of the planting in spring and early summer is replaced with a languid, delightfully slow-moving feeling. Beds and borders reach their peak in high summer and are held, helped here and there by a gardener's hand. Or perhaps we will pop in a flowering plant to give an injection of colour. From July through to September, the planting is at its most exuberant, the light at its most intense and the colours at their most saturated. As we move towards the end of the season, our thoughts and…

IN BRIEF What Contemporary coastal garden. Where Kent. Size 610 square metres. Soil Compacted clay improved with imported loam. Climate Temperate. Hardiness zone USDA 9. The British seaside has many associations. Fish ‘n’ chips. Donkey derbies. Gritty sandwiches eaten in cagoules while hunkered behind a wind break What it is not often noted for, however, is showstopping gardens. But here, on the beach outside Whitstable, is just such a place. Viewed from the shingle, it rises in waves of planting – fireworks of Stipa gigantea exploding as your eye tracks back and forth and up to the imposing new-build house above. From that vantage point, it offers a completely different perspective, stepping down to the shore in a series of terraces, neatly echoing the descent of the groynes and the…

IN BRIEF Name Perch Hill Farm. What Private garden forming the basis of Sarah Raven's business. Where East Sussex. Size Approximately one-and-threequarter acres. Soil Slightly acidic, heavy Wealden clay, much improved over the years. Climate Continental with predominantly hot, dry summers, and intermittently hard winters. Hardiness zone USDA 8. Thirty years ago, Sarah Raven sold her semidetached house in west London and bought a run-down farm in East Sussex with her husband Adam Nicolson. “It was the classic scenario – we had a baby, we were fed up with city life, and we wanted more space for our family.” Since Adam's father was living at nearby Sissinghurst, where his grandmother Vita Sackville-West made her legendary garden, it was natural for them to house-hunt in this rather out-of-the-way patch of southeast…

Chelsea garden goes sky high The WaterAid Garden, designed by Tom Massey and Je Ahn, is set to be relocated to the National Trust's new sky park in the heart of Manchester. Having won a Gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show earlier this year, the garden will find its permanent home at the Castlefield Viaduct (pictured right), where it will continue to educate visitors about sustainable water management. Sponsored by Project Giving Back, the garden will stand at the entrance of the Victorian-era Grade II-listed viaduct (as shown above), which was opened as a linear park by the National Trust in 2022. Tim Wainwright, WaterAid's chief executive said: “It's an exciting move to a great community space, which will enable more people to visit the garden and be…

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