Kew Gardens’ bold new borders lure record visitors
Newly planted edges put the ‘garden' back in Kew — but for true success the design needs to evolve
The beauty of alliums — know your flowering onions
They are a great alternative to tulips, helping to fill the gap between spring and summer, and able to multiply year after year
Dark origins of the garden folly
Some were built as playful ornaments, while others hide a more sinister story, from the Awful Precipice to the Jealous Wall
How to ensure a garden keeps flowering into ‘old age’
If spring is a garden in childhood then autumn signals pensioner status, but careful nurturing now will ensure a colourful send-off
Garden water features of the past — when humour was on tap
Fountains remain popular but where is the old lightheartedness that used to be employed in the use of water?
Gardens that made an Impression on US artists
An exhibition at New York Botanical Garden celebrates the influence of gardening on American Impressionism
Lost Hermitage sketches shed light on Capability’s Hampton Court
‘Lost’ sketches unearthed at the Hermitage depict the landscape gardener’s years at Hampton Court
Hunt for wild flowers in the mountains and meadows of Kyrgyzstan
A journey on horseback into Central Asia takes gardening correspondent Robin Lane Fox into valleys crammed with flora
A paradise for perennials (just off the A45 near Coventry)
Just off the A45 in Coventry, this specialist in asters, pokers and sanguisorbas may be tricky to find, but a visit is worth the effort
Why gardens need a holiday too (away from their owners)
Sometimes the best thing about going away is coming home, especially when you are greeted by floral surprises
Why a London’s gallery’s artistic triumph is . . . its garden
Arabella Lennox-Boyd’s planting scheme enhances Zaha Hadid’s striking extension at London’s Serpentine Sackler Gallery
The small garden nursery with big ideas in England’s Lake District
A visit to Levens Hall and Cath’s Garden Plants in England’s Lake District reveals two very different approaches to planting
Sprout it from the rooftop: the garden above a London store
A swath of greenery planted on top of John Lewis in London’s Oxford Street offers a haven for shoppers — and wildlife
Only my resident garden robin has witnessed the toils with my soil
While shifting my useless garden clay, my namesake, the robin redbreast, appeared
From clay field to a family oasis: the story of my parents’ garden
How my mother and father’s persistence and skill transformed a weed-infested tract of land in to the backdrop for family life
How David Austin is helping gardens look rosy with new varieties
A visit to the master English rose breeder is an education in the principles of producing healthy and vigorous plants
Tool-shed treasure: old gardening tools given new lease of life
The company devoted to collecting and restoring horticulture ephemera — from niblicks to 19th-century flower pickers
The garden in Germany that has its planting down to a science
Hermannshof near Heidelberg is a rigorously planned site that doesn’t follow trends — it creates them
Shades of Siena: the London garden with a touch of Tuscany
In an expanded extract from his new book, Luciano Giubbilei explains the inspiration behind his design for a plot in Chelsea
For the love of country: why rural living is back in vogue
After decades of migration into the cities, technological improvements mean people are now heading back the other way
Place your beds: what flowers to plant out now for the summer
It’s Derby Day and time to decide on soft-leaved decoration that will stay the course this year
The Chelsea Flower Show garden inspired by a stained-glass window
Matthew Wilson explains how a stained-glass window at York Minster inspired his garden at this year’s flower show
Inside story on Chelsea Flower Show: best of the Great Pavilion
While the designer gardens attract all the headlines, the real floral highlights can be found indoors in the Great Pavilion
Chelsea Flower Show: pick of the latest garden essentials
A selection of some of the products on offer at the event, from the world’s most exclusive garden twine to a shepherd’s hut
Chelsea Fringe Festival and the rise of guerrilla gardening
Chelsea Fringe Festival celebrates community gardening and horticultural stunts across the world, the quirkier the better
