The English Garden

Enjoy over 60 beautiful gardens a year with The English Garden. Every issue features country, city, cottage and coastal gardens, with advice on how to recreate them. Be inspired by articles written by the country's top garden designers and discover the best plant varieties for your garden, chosen by expert nurserymen and plantspeople.

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THE ENGLISH GARDEN

This Month • Our guide to plants, people, gardens and events, tasks and shopping in June

People to Meet • Introducing the gardeners and public figures we most admire in British horticulture

Out & About • Unmissable events, news and the very best gardens to visit this month

Things to Do • June is here and Jane Moore is sprucing up the garden furniture for birthday celebrations and enjoying the new colour combinations coming to the fore

Beautiful & Useful • New plants, books, tools and creative designs, plus shopping inspiration

SHOPPING

Hidden GLORY • The remarkable garden at Beck House in Bedfordshire is the work of Donal and Tory McKenna who, over the course of 40 years, have created a carousel of plant-packed rooms, offering surprises at every turn

Fine LINES • As head gardener at The Hermitage near Bath, Andrew Cannell had to overcome the twin challenges of low light and roaming deer when creating the romantic borders in this secluded country house garden

Natural ORDER • With the help of garden designer Arne Maynard, Emily and Richard Cave have added definition to the garden at The Old Rectory in Litton Cheney in Dorset, while maintaining a balance between its cultivated and natural sides

Quiet ORDER • At a chaotic former farm site, Colm Joseph has established a sense of order, where curvilinear landscaping and soft planting merge seamlessly with Suffolk’s tranquil open countryside

FAMILY MATTERS • Owned by the Trehanes for three generations, the gardens at Manor Farm in Dorset bring endless joy to both family and visitors alike

Best Laid PLANS • When Keith and Victoria Abel moved into Oakley Manor, they faced a major renovation project. With the help of a masterplan from a landscape design practice, they’ve transformed the garden and created a slice of paradise in Hampshire

GOOD to GROW • Follow our grow-your-own series all through the year from the walled kitchen garden at Gravetye Manor in West Sussex, where head gardener Tom Coward and his team produce abundant edible crops

Wake-Up Call • In the tricky period between spring and summer, gardens may look rather sparse. Designer Cleve West knows exactly what to plant to liven things up

Perfect Partners • The right vase or bowl can make or break an arrangement of cut flowers. Sarah Raven shares her expertise on choosing the perfect receptacle for every kind of home-grown bloom

Magic Wands • They’re not the easiest to grow, but dierama’s arches of delicate suspended bell-shaped flowers are infinitely covetable. Luckily expert National Collection holder Ruth Plant knows all the tricks for getting the best out of them

DO TRY THIS AT HOME • At Stillingfleet Lodge in Yorkshire, decades of hands-on experience shape a garden and nursery rooted in sustainability, where Vanessa Cook’s climate-sensitive approach and focus on natural planting show the visitor what’s possible at home

Pelargonium SUMMER • Is a greenhouse ever complete without a pelargonium or two? Pause, sip, and savour the warmer months surrounded by these fragrant plants, with comfy floral cushions and a table of botanical treasures forming your own cheerful little haven

Wish You Were Here • A growing movement that sees chefs and head gardeners working together to grow and cook seasonal menus, makes for memorable escapes to some of the...