All too often plants are demoted from mysterious organisms to passive garden ornaments. Henbane, mandrake and other ‘witching herbs’ remind us to carefully respect their power and magic
The answer is plants that thrive, and so make us smile — here are three that lead the way
The artist has done his bit to advance the cultural kudos of the houseplant — and vice versa
If you love somewhere you once lived, cherish the memories. But don’t be tempted to go back . . . seeing what the new owners have done rarely works out well
RHS Hyde Hall’s dry clay soil shows us what the gardens of the future could look like — to varying effect
In the third in a series, the ‘Great British Sewing Bee’ judge plants damsons, figs, apples and walnuts — a gift to future generations
When David Freeman inherited a beautiful 18 square metre garden from the Queen’s couturier, he was not afraid to make changes. The result is a sensitive tribute to a mischievous man
It’s not all about the tulips. Taking a punt on autumn-sown annuals and biennials can boost next year’s blooms
In this special edition, we look at the changing face of Mayfair, talk to architects from Karachi to Xi’an embracing ‘sponge tactics’ to mitigate flooding, step inside a Singapore garden home, and spotlight design tips for the growing rental market
He helped make Singapore a garden city, and the same ethos informs the design of his home
Several of the UK’s northern cities are transforming once neglected passageways into bucolic oases; community spaces filled with urban art, herb gardens — and civic pride
At the neo-Georgian mansion, the cereal heiress and entrepreneur served frozen food on Sèvres porcelain to a stream of guests — and her spirit lives on
’Tis the season to plant narcissi, snowdrops and other corms that triumph in the face of wildlife attacks
For four years, artist Tor Falcon trudged out in all weathers to make regular portraits of our nearest heavenly body — and learned a lot about how it shapes our nature.
The designer-turned-horticulturalist turned his verge into a veggie plot — and started a movement. Now he is creating a verdant installation as part of an epic LA art exhibition
Garden design is at an intriguing inflection point. What is the value in the hand-drawn master plan, when a AI and other software can do a lot of the work?
For the Belgian artist and sculptor, life begins in the garden
Weeding and deadheading now are among the quick fixes that will encourage a profuse second flowering in the weeks ahead
Cool conditions have set the scene for stupendous displays of crocosmia, hydrangea and phlox
Shopfronts, museums and even chemists’ doorways are surrendering to an invasion of faux flowers that defy the seasons. Will nothing be spared?
Escape to these island sanctuaries, from a composer’s paradise on Ischia to a Prussian folly
Sheets billowing in gardens and huge knickers strung from balconies slows us down, wrests us from screens — and is inspiring a generation of artists and makers
Over 40 years, Lesley Jenkins has continually reshaped this Shropshire landmark with her painter’s eye — and recent changes are particularly superb
The antithesis of the WFH Modernist box, these retreats are a return to the wonkily handmade, the lyrical and the eccentric
Cultivate them in a box kit and fry them up. But the real magic is in their sculptural, surreal and slightly creepy beauty
