Gardens Illustrated Magazine - 29 Apr 2025
MODERN CLASSIC
MAY FLOWERS
It’s Chelsea
Welcome
Is it a garden or is it a landscape?
Free and (not so) easy?
How to win at Chelsea
Personal touches
Books
Plant profile: Sambucus
A space in time
Artistic lightness
Ripple effect
Gardening talent
Who’s who
Creative cover-up
Plantsperson’s favourites
Great expectations
Show garden guides
Subscription offer
Dig in
The garden chronicles
Win tickets to Chelsea
The big idea
Kitted out
Next issue
Crossword and back issues
Contributors
Welcome
Foxgloves, alliums and self-seeded forget-me-nots feature in the relaxed borders of Parsonage Farm in Somerset,
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Modern classic,
Perfect partners for pots,
It’s Chelsea,
GARDEN DESIGN TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Contributors
OPENING UP THE CITY
IN THE ROUND
Double delight
NEW WAVE
Single vision
What to do this month
PAWS FOR THOUGHT
3 FOR THE GARDEN…
Soil food
ERYSIMUM MUTABILE
May plants
KITTED OUT
PERSONAL TOUCHES
PERSONAL TOUCHES
IN BRIEF
POTTED JOY
SAMBUCUS
SAMBUCUS
How to grow elders
CARMEN SHERIDAN
A SPACE IN TIME
A SPACE IN TIME
8 plants from Little Benville
Artistic lightness
CONNECT THE DOTS
WORKS OF ART
Plants
THRIFTY GROWER
CREATIVE COVER-UP
CREATIVE COVER-UP
Growing rambling roses over an obelisk
TOM HOBLYN
IN BRIEF
Ripple effect
8 key plants for wildlife
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
SHOW GARDEN GUIDES
SHOW GARDEN GUIDES
The Avanade Intelligent Garden
The Glasshouse Garden
The Glasshouse Garden
The Hospitalfield Arts Garden
The Garden of the Future
Boodles Raindance Garden
The British Red Cross: ‘Here for Humanity’ Garden
The Pathway Garden
Killik & Co ‘Save for a Rainy Day Garden’
The Wildlife Trusts’ British Rainforest Garden
The ADHD Foundation Garden
The SongBird Survival Garden
The Seawilding Garden
HOW TO WIN AT CHELSEA
How to win Best in Show
FREE AND (NOT SO) EASY?
FREE AND (NOT SO) EASY?
Volunteering
IS IT A GARDEN OR IS IT A LANDSCAPE?
COMING UP ROSES AGAIN THE ROSE BOOK
ROSES IN THE GARDEN
Spring gardens to visit
Recommended reads this month
‘Permaculture kind of got hijacked by hippies’
Nursery guide
Crossword
SOLUTIONS TO APRIL CROSSWORD
DOES AI BELONG IN GARDENS?
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