Gardens Illustrated Magazine - 20 Jun 2025
Climate conundrum
AMAZING SPACES
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This naturalistic garden in South Yorkshire with natural swimming pond proves wildlife gardens don’t need to be wild looking,
Plant profile: Astrantia With delicate blooms in soft colours, these cottage-garden favourites are long-flowering beauties that suit many different planting styles and conditions
High and dry For this passive house on a Surrey hilltop, designer Matthew Wilson chose colourful drought-resilient planting to create a zeroirrigation garden
Pushing boundaries Inspired by the gardens at Benton End, garden maker James Horner suggests three fresh container arrangements that capture the essence of summer
All change As our climate changes, gardeners are finding that some old favourites are struggling but there are opportunities to try borderline plants
Beside the sea Helen ElksSmith’s clever design makes the most of this garden’s impressive views of Poole Harbour and is planted to resist the fierce winds
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
Be our guest Pub gardens have never looked as good as in this contemporary space for The Plough Shiplake from designer Tabitha Rigden
Family friendly gardens You can have a nice garden that both you and the kids will love, says designer Charlotte Harris
Who’s who Sarah Mead, the co-owner and head gardener of Yeo Valley Organic Garden, on launching a new garden festival
Plantsperson’s favourites Designer Dan Pearson chooses his top ten plants for July from his own garden, Hillside
Book reviews A new book that envisions the gardens of the future and Alys Fowler on why we need to embrace bogs
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Dig in A new exhibition at Wakehurst, and the great garden makeover show debate
Garden chronicles Nigel Slater blows hot and cold about cooking in the garden
The big idea Designer Cleve West argues it’s time to stop calling creatures ‘pests’
Gardening talent Meet Holly Doyle, Tresco Abbey Gardens Scholar
Design news An update of the Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke
Next issue What’s coming up in the special Flower Issue
Sourcebook Nine of the
best deckchairs
Kitted out For cooking and eating outside
Crossword and back issues
Contributors
Welcome
This naturalistic garden in South Yorkshire with natural swimming pond proves wildlife gardens don’t need to be wild looking,
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ART OF THE SEED
Seeing the light
UNREALITY TV?
COUNTING THE COST
Greener future
What to do this month
KEEP YOUR COOL
3 FOR THE GARDEN…
SITTING PRETTY
Enjoy the high life
July plants
KITTED OUT
HIGH AND DRY
HIGH AND DRY
IN BRIEF
How to create a zero-irrigation garden
How to create a zero-irrigation garden
DINING OUT
ASTRANTIA
ASTRANTIA
FACT FILE
How to grow Astrantia
Their informal style and muted hues have seen astrantias become a cottage-garden favourite
HOLLY DOYLE
BESIDE THE SEA
IN BRIEF
BESIDE THE SEA
6 KEY PLANTS FOR COASTAL GARDENS
6 INTERESTING DESIGN DETAILS
Pushing boundaries
PAINTERLY POTS
BE OUR GUEST
BE OUR GUEST
Tabitha’s top tips for creating seclusion
SARAH MEAD
All change
All change
DIVE ON IN
DIVE ON IN
IN BRIEF
Modernist makeover
DESIGN NOTES
DESIGN NOTES
FAMILY FRIENDLY GARDENS
DESIGN IDEAS
Terremoto cleverly built this adventure play area into a difficult slope
DOWNTOOLS
THINGS TO COME
Nursery guide
Recommended reads this month
‘We have to move beyond saying, “Well, I’m peat free”’
Summer gardens to visit
Crossword
SOLUTIONS TO JUNE CROSSWORD
THE FLOWER ISSUE
ON SALE 18 JULY
WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PEST?
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