Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Widely regarded as the Vogue of the gardening press, Gardens Illustrated aims to inspire you with an eclectic and international editorial mix of remarkable places, plants and people. With superb photography, authoritative journalism and exceptional design, this award-winning magazine is a style bible for garden designers, garden lovers and enthusiasts alike.

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DIG IN • What's new, what's growing and what's going on this month

What to do this month

3 FOR THE GARDEN… • GARDEN TAPS

July plants • In the heat of summer, designer Dan Pearson welcomes the cool colours of a lateflowering allium and a delicate scabious, plus the minty perfume of a calamint

KITTED OUT • It's time to fire up the barbecue and enjoy cooking, and eating, outside

HIGH AND DRY • Designer Matthew Wilson chose colourful, scented, drought-resilient planting for this zero-irrigation hilltop garden in Surrey

DINING OUT • Much as he loves eating in his garden, Nigel Slater blows hot and cold about cooking en plein air

ASTRANTIA • With delicate blooms in soft colours, new cultivars of these adaptable, long-flowering beauties will suit many different planting styles and conditions, and sun or shade

HOLLY DOYLE • Tresco Abbey Gardens Scholar Holly loves the exotic plants she now cares for, and can lose herself for hours exploring other gardens

BESIDE THE SEA • Helen Elks-Smith's clever design for a garden overlooking Poole Harbour makes the most of its impressive views and is planted to resist the fierce winds

6 KEY PLANTS FOR COASTAL GARDENS

6 INTERESTING DESIGN DETAILS

Pushing boundaries • Inspired by the gardens at Benton End, garden maker James Horner suggests three fresh container arrangements to capture the essence of summer

BE OUR GUEST • The spirit of hospitality flourishes in designer Tabitha Rigden's contemporary take on a pub garden at The Plough Shiplake, with a beautifully planted new outdoor space that was previously a car park

Tabitha's top tips for creating seclusion

SARAH MEAD • The co-owner and head gardener of Yeo Valley Organic Garden on learning that life is not just a cabaret and why she's launching a new garden festival

All change • As our climate changes, gardeners are finding their plant palette is shifting, with some old favourites no longer happy and opportunities to try something new

DIVE ON IN • For her own garden, Ellicar, swimming pond designer Sarah Murch has created a wildlife-focused landscape that is at one with nature

Design • News, garden design solutions and sourcebook

FAMILY FRIENDLY GARDENS • You can have a nice garden that both you and the kids will love, says Charlotte Harris, if you design smart and think ahead

Deckchairs • Recline in retro style this summer with a portable and easy-to-store deckchair

DOWNTOOLS • Book reviews, Q&A, the crossword and the big idea

THINGS TO COME • This compendium of ten futuristic garden plans is absorbing, says Tim Richardson, but feels more like solutions to today's problems than a vision of the future

Recommended reads this month

‘We have to move beyond saying, “Well, I'm peat free”’ • Gardener and writer Alys Fowler on her new book, why she can't grow carrots and why we need to value our peat bogs more

Crossword

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WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PEST? • We should stop labelling creatures as sworn enemies, argues Cleve West, if we want to ensure our gardens are...