October 2023

Gardens Illustrated Magazine

The definitive guide to stylish gardens

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Contributors
Grass expert Neil recommends the best Miscanthus, page 40. “Miscanthus is a hugely useful group of grasses for our gardens, with autumn perhaps being their absolute peak of interest.” Anna photographs the garden made by the late author and needlewoma
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EDITORIAL Editor Stephanie Mahon Art director David Grenham Deputy editor Sorrel Everton Deputy art editor Niki Goss Production editor Juliet Giles Digital editor Daisy Bowie-Sell Commissioning content editor Veronica Peerless Content producer Molly
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Dig In
What's new, what's growing and what's going on this month On 21 October, we mark Apple Day, a celebration of the fruit's diversity and heritage. It's a great opportunity to bring together friends and family to enjoy all that autumn has to offer. From
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What To Do In… October
An Introduction to Garden History in Ten Objects Visit the Garden Museum for an interactive talk on garden history. Saturday 7 October, 10am-3pm, £50. 5 Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB. Tel 020 7401 8865, gardenmuseum.org.uk Queer Nature After Ho
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Welcome
Autumn has crept in behind our backs as we were enjoying the last of the warmth and light of an Indian summer, but at this time of the year there is still plenty to excite in the garden. By using plants that flower late and long, we can keep the show
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3 For The Garden…
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October Plants
Beth's friend and mentor, the great plantsman Graham Stuart Thomas, called this Japanese bugbane a real treasure and I agree. Arching spikes of white bottlebrush flowers are held on slender, purplish stems above a mound of green leaves, adding an ele
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Places To Visit
Be sure to check opening times. Some garden visits may need to be pre-booked I always look forward to Great Dixter's Autumn Plant Fair, traditionally held on the first weekend of October. The relaxed atmosphere, glorious gardens and the opportunity t
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Good Bad Plants
We can argue about the definition of a weed, but part of it is surely a plant's ability to make itself thoroughly, immovably at home, often despite your best efforts to persuade it to go away. Among native plants, there can hardly be a better illustr
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Natural Affinity
Name Corsley House. What A relaxed and biodiverse garden, which has recently been brought back to life and now sits comfortably in its rural setting. Where Wiltshire. Size Approximately 15 acres. Soil Free-draining greensand, improved with tonnes of
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Jay Rathod
Earliest garden memory Running through rows of trees in my grandfather's mango orchard in Jamnagar, Gujarat, in India, when I was 12. My grandfather loved his garden and knew how important trees and plants are for our planet. Who has inspired your ca
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Miscanthus
What Reliable, upright, deciduous grasses with feathery flowers in late summer to autumn. Commonly known as silver grass and eulalia grass. Origins Asia, China, Japan, Korea. Season Summer to late winter. Size 1.2-4m high, 1-2m wide Conditions Sunny,
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How To Grow Miscanthus
• Like all tall, flowering grasses, Miscanthus put on a great deal of growth in spring and require the energy derived from direct sunlight to fuel this process. Consequently, they need an open, sunny position in order to grow and flower successfully
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Light And Shade
What Small, private, urban garden. Where London. Size Approximately 10m × 6m. Soil Imported sandy topsoil to replace paved areas with planting beds. Climate Temperate and southwestfacing, but partly shaded by trees and surrounding buildings. Hardines
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Marie-louise Agius
For landscape designer Marie-Louise Agius, last year's period of drought left her feeling scared. “Everything was curling in on itself, leaves were shedding and gardens were looking miserable.” This summer's plentiful rainfall, however, has made her
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Autumn Shimmer
What A plantsperson's collection of unusual plants. Where North Yorkshire. Size Less than a fifth of an acre. Soil Clay-loam on one side, drier limey soil on the other. Climate Temperate; the site is exposed, windy and in full sun. Hardiness zone USD
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Plants Make A Garden
Perhaps the most complicated aspect of making a garden is designing the planting. Every one of us approaches it in unique ways, and there is no right or wrong way of doing it. Designing planting involves having a good vision of how you'd ideally like
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Patchwork Of Colour
What A cottage-style garden including mixed borders and traditional and modern rose gardens within the formality of topiary and geometric borders and lawns Where Cambridgeshire. Size Three-and-a-half acres in total. with large areas of naturalised me
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Boomerang Bulbs
Concerns around sustainability – not to mention our increasingly restricted wallets and time – mean that many of us are looking for longer-term, reliably perennial spring bulb displays. Tulips are, of course, a must for spring colour, but hybrids (th
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Sense Of Place
Name Elemental House. What A robust, wind-tolerant landscape Where Victoria,Australia Size One acre of landscaping on a 101-acre property. Soil Heavy clay with little topsoil Climate Hot, dry summers reaching 40°C; experiences heavy frost and snow, a
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Design
A new courtyard garden has been created by Robert Myers Associates, working with architects dRMM, for a Turing Locke and Hyatt Centric hotel complex in Cambridge. Lush woodland planting and open lawns, along with dining terraces and entertainment spa
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High Times
Bart Haverkamp and Pieter Croes specialise in roof gardens, so they were the obvious designers to approach about greening this terrace on the 20th floor of one of the tallest buildings in Antwerp. The space already had a concrete tiled floor, outdoor
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Tree Benches
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Downtools
by Arthur Parkison Kyle Books, £22 ISBN 978-1914239670 Reviewer Harriet Rycroft is a gardener and container gardening author. Gardener and florist Arthur Parkinson's ‘favourite floral personalities' guide us through the seasons in the main chapters o
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Other Books
Gain new perspectives on evolutionary botany, indigenous plants and garden design in this month's pick of other titles. by Dr Sarah Edwards Greenfinch, £30 ISBN 978-1529427400 Looks at the medical, magical and marvellous histories of plants from arou
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Crossword
1 A royal-blue gentian hybrid with white striations; also a Highland Games venue (7) 5 Staple cottage-garden plant with exploding seedpods … part global samphire (6) 8 Burgundy-flowering hellebore in Spring Promise Series; ___ de Thame, TV gardener (
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New Beginnings
The contractors arrived when the baby was three weeks old. I cut all the tulips and narcissi that were in, or about to, bloom and filled the kitchen table up with vases. Then I stood at the kitchen window, newborn slung around my body, and watched as

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