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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Gardens Illustrated Magazine

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

What’s on this month

3 FOR THE GARDEN… ADVENT CALENDARS

November plants • As the garden slows down, nurserywoman Rosy Hardy chooses delicate flowers, evergreen foliage and a striking seedhead to keep the show going

KITTED OUT • Everything you need for planting trees, shrubs and hedges

DRY DILEMMAS • After the harsh summer drought, Nigel Slater wonders if it might be time for him to rethink his planting - just don’t mention gravel gardens

Natural genius • Piet Oudolf’s journey has taken him from Hummelo to the High Line and beyond. Here, those who know him best reflect on the secrets of his success

STEFFEN VAN STEENBERGHE • A garden and planting designer in Ghent, Belgium, Steffen is Piet’s choice of new garden talent

14-26 APRIL 2027 GARDENS OF MOROCCO • Join us for a 13-day tour that explores one of the world’s great gardening traditions. In the company of host Hannah Gardner, we’ll travel from the Atlantic coast to Morocco’s imperial cities visiting gardens that reflect the country’s rich blend of historic and contemporary influences

50 PIET OUDOLF’S favourite plants

BRINGING IT HOME • As a teenager, Tom de Witte drove across the Netherlands to visit Piet Oudolf’s nursery. Now one of Piet’s main collaborators, his own garden bears the fruits of their knowledge-sharing and friendship

RICHARD HAYDEN • The High Line’s senior director of horticulture on his journey from feral child to accidental designer, and how he makes the most of a morning coffee

ART AND CRAFT • Piet Oudolf has created a rich new public garden that changes with the seasons around a museum in Sweden

AHEAD OF THE FIELD • At his new organic nursery The Field, plantsman Jonny Bruce is pioneering a more sustainable way of growing good-quality plants

Learning verve • Designer Austin Eischeid reveals the value of mentors in his life, and experimenting in his own family garden

NURTURING TALENT • The gardeners on the ground who work on Piet’s landscapes around the world explain what they have gleaned from caring for his gardens

Design • News, planting design and sourcebook

MASTER PLANNING • Emily Adcock and Louisa Neale give insights into the planting and care of the new Oudolf Landscape and RHS Garden Wisley

12 KEY PLANTS

Fences and screens • Nine of the best options for creating privacy and boundaries in your garden

The books that made me • Piet gives us a tour of his extensive bookshelves, highlighting the ten key books on plants and gardens that have helped shape his expertise over the course of his career

Crossword

Trials and their tribulations • Trials conducted by the RHS can help us find good plants, but Jack Wallington suggests that testing out species and cultivars in our own gardens can also be valuable