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Robin Lane Fox writes a gardening column for the FT Weekend supplement. - -
An absentee’s imprint
Gardening is a personal art and for a while it persists, even when its organising mind is gone, says Robin Lane Fox
Spring revelations
Sowing your own hardy annuals is the simple way to make a garden that stands out from the crowd, writes Robin Lane Fox
Inside out
Like their plants, gardens attract labels that try to brand and define them. In Europe, the most popular is still ‘the room outside’, which views it as a way of extending a household’s sense of space where indoor rooms are limited. In Asia, however, Robin Lane Fox discovers that the dividing line between house and garden is much more clearly marked and the aim is to evoke ‘nature’ or catch fragments of it in an enclosed space
In the ultimate home of wild cherries
Robin Lane Fox travels to Seoul, South Korea and fulfils a childhood ambition to see a spectacular blossom festival
Thinking outside of the bed
Vegetables grow as well in pots as in plots, and harvesting them comes without the back-breaking work, says Robin Lane Fox
Tickled by pinks
For only a very little effort, we can get the best of our gardens in late summer, says Robin Lane Fox
The great haul of China
One Chinese flower that has always been known but has been extraordinarily difficult for gardeners to acquire and cherish is the peony, writes Robin Lane Fox
Pathway to success
Serious gardeners combine ‘organic’ and ‘inorganic’ methods, with chemicals better balanced and more quickly available to the roots, argues Robin Lane Fox
A beautiful obsession
The British love visiting gardens. Luckily, there are 3,500 for them to choose from, writes Robin Lane Fox
An oasis in the home of oil rigs
Unusual flora thrive in the tough soil of a private Texan garden. Robin Lane Fox admires the hardy plants and the ingenious gardener who taught him how to work with adversity


