Nicola Stocken
Gardener, TV presenter & author, James Wong’s fascination with plants is contagious
A clever garden layout makes the most of an unusual fan-shaped plot and is enjoyed all year round
Novice gardeners’ step by step guide to planting a pot in May, that by June supplies herbs
Water adds a touch of magic to gardens, a presence and sound that has the power to calm and soothe
Recycled junk, objets trouves and architectural artefacts create ornaments that give a garden character
A traditional country garden celebrated for magnificent herbaceous borders and rose gardens in summer
A small town family garden, terraced on three different levels, with borrowed views of distant trees
Flowers can be cut all year round for fresh posies, and teamed with recycled glass jars made pretty
An inspirational tiny town garden laced with spring bulbs planted in containers, beds and borders
A half-acre village garden that peaks in late summer with colour themed borders of choice plants
Daylilies are a mainstay of summer herbaceous planting and, despite their name, their charms endure
It may be deepest winter, but there are a number of fragrant flowers to pick for indoors
With their smiling faces, violas are a sweet-natured perennial that no garden should be without
A container of September flowers quickly gives a new lease of life to patios and terraces
With spring bulbs in flower, it’s an ideal time for the kids to pick a fresh garden posie for their Mum
A small village garden planted to peak in late summer with herbaceous perennials and roses
A clever design with pergola, sunken potager and summer flowers creates a space for entertaining
Alpine troughs, with their tiny flowering plants in spring and summer, are ideal for small gardens
Resting between town and countryside, this family garden integrates play areas and summer flower borders
A long, thin town garden planted for year round interest, with abundant flowering in late summer
A suburban garden where a collection of salvage finds is transformed into unusual plant containers
An imaginative city garden filled with spring tulips, humour, mirrors, follies and unique garden structures
Flower pressing is making a comeback, not only as a children’s hobby, but also as a craft
Easily grown annuals and perennials provide fresh cut flowers for posies and bouquets well into autumn
This is a true family town garden, but behind the thoughtful layout and plants lies a strong design
An informal, quarter-acre hillside plot that, come spring, abounds with spring bulbs and frothy perennials
A beautiful lawn is a joy, not only to walk on barefoot, but also as a tranquil space or foil to plants
In autumn, a riverside country garden which combines tradition with contemporary design
A town garden planted for late summer herbaceous planting around lawns where children play
On a crisp April morning, this garden shines with the beauty of tulips, daffodils and new leaves
A walled town garden where a long rectangular pool reflects flowers from late spring into summer
A late summer garden that envelops a cottage in herbaceous, shady and container planting areas
As one of winter’s most enduring flowers, snowdrops unfurl as early as January, with later cultivars in February and March
Mark Lloyd loves to forage for the wild berries, hips, fungi and nuts growing free in hedgerows
There’s no surer sign that spring is in the air than blossom and blooms on boughs and branches
Every garden, urban or rural, large or small, has potential for an eye-catching view: it just requires imagination
Well designed gardens include focal points created from foliage, flowers, furnishings and features
A path links, leads and lures, not only serving a practical purpose, but offering scope for imaginative designs & planting
A stunning country garden with a strong framework of hedges and topiary that is brought alive by winter’s frost
A riverside garden with prairie style borders of grasses and perennials that peak in summer
Alpines are a charming miniature plants, flowering in troughs and rock gardens in spring and summer
In summer this small town garden is alive with roses and perennials amongst salvage finds
The scents in a garden can have as profound an effect as the beauty of the flowers
Late summer colour and exotic planting add a special charm to this beautiful rural family garden
A winding, decked path between packed borders makes a long narrow summer plot appear wider
Small, dainty, big or blowsy, clematis come in such a range as to suit any garden, flowering in every month
Practical, ornamental or whimsical, a garden building is one of the largest, most dominant features in a garden
This decorative style inspires gardeners willing to experiment with a broad palette of plants and give nature a free rein
Outdoor lighting adds a touch of magic to the simplest of gardens, infusing the space with depth and style, adding drama
Colour is an exciting and inspirational element of a garden, a powerful tool for creating different effects and moods
Amidst an unpredictable climate and fleeting flowers, topiary is a constant presence in the garden
Infinitely adaptable, parterres are equally at home in tiny courtyards as in large spaces, ancient or modern
This walled garden is magical in snow, its structure highlighted as individual plants cast their spell
By new year, gardens are mostly stripped of flowers, relying on permanent features and evergreens for interest
Hellebores, with their exquisite winter flowers and long flowering season, have enchanted generations of gardeners
Come midwinter, and carpets of winter bulbs add drama beside newer contemporary areas
Nothing heralds spring better than flowers, with many of the brightest thriving in pots for weeks on end
As intriguing as these enchanting flowers, many a snowdrop’s name has much more to it than first appears
Spring in this traditional garden brings fresh foliage, blossom and the flowering of 2000 tulips
A step-by-step of a child planting a miniature herb garden in a wooden bowl.
Come early autumn, and this 1.5 acre country garden sparkles with perennials, informally planted in garden rooms
A walled country garden with long herbaceous borders full of autumn flowers, lake, ancient follies, rose parterre and pool
Charming 15m x 29m town garden with summer roses and cottage garden planting embracing a Victorian house
During January, February and March, celebrate nature’s blues with baby bulbs, plucky perennials and showy shrubs
Lawn-free suburban garden with autumn borders relaxing onto winding gravel path punctuated by topiary and pots
Pared down, a winter garden’s interest lies in texture, shape, perfume, structure and flowers of a rare delicacy
A hard January frost is sure to awaken the fragrant, spidery flowers on witch hazels to glow in the brittle winter sunshine
Even the darkest winter day cannot fail to be lightened by the sight of golden flowers on trees or fences, in pots and beds
A pint-sized outdoor space needs gallons of imagination if it is to avoid feeling cramped and claustrophobic
There’s a wide range of daffodils, with different varieties flowering from January until April, in pots, drifts, borders or beds
Bringing welcome colour from winter into early spring, many flowering plants are easy and rewarding to grow in pots
Come winter, and look out for a select group of doughty flowers that, surviving snow and frost, lift the spirits
Modern town garden, designed on the diagonal, with raised deck over water, lawn, pots, pergola and seating
A step-by-step flower arrangement using dahlias, verbena, nicotiana and pimpinella
Come April, and a small but brilliant splash of colour on a bare hillside reveals a garden of massed tulips
Summer contemporary town garden of terrace, lawn, mini woodlandand kitchen plot, linked by a curving path
Long, narrow town garden in early summer, a shady, private, secret space with terraces, borders and mystery door
A terraced cottage garden full of spring bulbs, narcissus and tulips, with auricula theatre, deck, summerhouse
English country garden with herbaceous borders, walled garden, roses, potager, summer flowers and gravel area
Springhead is magical as autumn colour tints trees, and reflections play on the ancient lake by a gazebo and mill
Summer country garden, with potager, herbs, hens and reedbed system, is at the heart of Sheepdrove Organic Farm
Small, informal town garden with gazebo of spring wisteria, summer flower beds, pool, bridge, lawns and terrace
Modern topiary garden of giant yew and box shapes, a parterre with standard holly and gravel, and pool in summer
Pool reflections of autumn dahlia and canna, a kitchen garden brims with vegetables and prairie style borders peak
Town garden in May when collections of hostas and maples fill pots or salvage containers on a patio, pergola, deck
Lilies are spring and summer bulbs with stunning lily flowers in white, pink, orange, cream, deep red or yellow
Kitchen garden styles vary from potagers or parterres to traditional rows of vegetables, fruit, herbs, flowers
In August at Holt Organic, the gravel garden of herbaceous perennials, kitchen garden and wildflower meadow peak
By April, this small London garden of borders, pots, woodland and parterre is full of tulips and spring flowers
By April, the gravel garden at Holt Organic Farm has blossom and spring bulbs — tulips, allium and meadow camassias
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