Robin Lane Fox writes a gardening column for the FT Weekend supplement.
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Even the most compact spaces can yield bountiful harvests
The landscape designer, who died last month, won three golds for the FT gardens at Chelsea
Varieties of the weed-blocking plant continue to proliferate
The very use of the word ‘chemicals’ is being driven out of gardening — but as spring arrives, here’s my shopping list
British gardens are envied for their herbaceous borders, but it’s the blend of shrubs, bulbs and beds that makes them special
The bond formed between Ghika, Craxton and Leigh Fermor over the landscape is celebrated in a new show
Before winter departs take time to embrace the season’s bounty of colourful shrubs
Artist was famous for his soup cans but a Florida display puts flowers at his work’s core
There are rules on which shades go with which, but planting can be most effective when it breaks rules
The departing head gardener has applied a German eye to British herbaceous planting
Fruit or vegetable? Love them or loathe them? Just don’t serve them raw to Robin Lane Fox
Colour catalogues are a feast for the eyes but the best plants are a matter of taste
Obstacles to finishing a garden include weather, wildlife and the gardener’s imperfections
In many southern English gardens, the great storm of 1987 is now seen as a blessing
A review of highlights, surprises and disappointments provides a blueprint for plantings
Prepare for the outdoors with some indoor reading
Tackling the menaces that wreck bushes requires dedication, or simply a plant rethink
The box tree moth, which can strip a bush in 14 days, is spreading
It’s open warfare on an open lawn as armies of nematodes attack unwelcome invaders
Colours this season are somewhat muted but gardening is a long game
Gardeners have overlooked flowers that were glorified in French Impressionists’ art
Exhibition in Córdoba displayed high levels of creativity that almost reached publicists’ descriptions
Greenhouse horticulture at city’s collection was transformed over 38-year tenure
On remote hillsides above ancient villages sacked by Romans, Tatars and Turks flourish the elusive blooms of crocus banaticus
Michaelmas daisies can offer continuous colour for months and many varieties are impervious to mildew
