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![STEPS TO SUCCESS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1708876/IsLR0Aa0H1716465027220/STEPS-TO-SUCCESS.jpg)
STEPS TO SUCCESS
Enclosed within a rustic barn conversion, this courtyard garden contrasts riotous Mediterranean-inspired gravel planting with clean lines and a reflective pool
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ANNIE GUILFOYLE
The garden polymath on the pleasures of passing on knowledge, the rewards of close observation and the circuitous route towards grounding her itchy feet
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HEAVEN SCENT
As summer adds a new dimension to his garden, Nigel Slater reflects on the rewards of planting for perfume
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Colour therapy
Ann-Maree Winter's joyful Australian garden became a place of solace and nurture in hard times
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30 plants with interest all year
These hard-working plants provide several seasons of interest in your garden through flowers, fruit, foliage, bark and even spring shoots
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PERFECT HARMONY
Rosarian Michael Marriott and TV producer Rosie Irving have very different ideas on gardening, but they have discovered the secret to sharing a single plot amicably
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SUMMERFLOWERING ALLIUMS
Loved for their showy spheres, alliums have long been stalwarts of late spring, but now new introductions are extending the party through summer
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Faith in the future
Marian Boswall's contemporary design for the garden of a former chapel respects the property's history while looking to the future
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Summertime at Sissinghurst
Ensuring Sissinghurst’s famous roses look fabulous throughout the season is one of the many tasks keeping head gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team busy right now
![FRESH APPROACH](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1708876/w2UqFuBc61716459099296/FRESH-APPROACH.jpg)
FRESH APPROACH
Colm Joseph’s design for this new garden, which surrounds a modern house within a heritage setting, uses clever planting to give a historic site a contemporary feel
![LAZY DAYS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1522391/4bBW_AOd-1701435970272/LAZY-DAYS.jpg)
LAZY DAYS
Alice Vincent has had a hectic 2023, but for next year she's come up with a cunning plan to give herself more time and reduce her carbon footprint
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SCULPTING THE LANDSCAPE
Charlotte Rowe's elegant design for a country garden in Hampshire fuses modern and traditional styles and captures the Zeitgeist for naturalism with a contemporary edge
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Flavour of the seasons
Smallholder and former chef Julius Roberts suggests three easy, warming recipes for a winter feast with seasonal produce
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JOINT ENTERPRISE
In southwest Germany, a couple have combined structural grasses and perennials with good seedheads in their garden to great effect, especially when touched by winter frost
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COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
There is a biodiversity loss crisis, but research into the wildlife found in gardens has made it clear just how important these spaces are as habitat. Discover how much you can learn, and gain, by identifying and documenting what you find beyond your back door
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MATTHEW BIGGS
Horticulture's nicest practitioner on his journey from sweeping playgrounds to Gardeners' Question Time via offering gardening advice to insomniacs
![YOUNG AT HEART](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1522391/mcwUn5Ls_1701434060961/YOUNG-AT-HEART.jpg)
YOUNG AT HEART
The garden of the late, great landscape architect Jacques Wirtz, which is more than 50 years old, is now being renewed by his children
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PITTOSPORUM
These evergreen shrubs come in a multitude of sizes and shapes with shiny, often variegated or colourful leaves and small scented flowers
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Festive flourishes
Entertain in style this Christmas with ideas for natural decorations from Swallows & Damsons
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LUKE SENIOR
A former Ruth Borun scholar at Great Dixter, Luke is now one of the garden's full time gardeners
![Change of view](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1522391/2zA3Aj-B81701432767047/CHANGE-OF-VIEW.jpg)
Change of view
Designer Katie Guillebaud updated the Cotswolds garden of a garden photographer to make it picture perfect all winter
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DIGGING THE DIRT
As Ken Thompson explains, the key to a good soil lies both in its structure and in the life it sustains. But is any of it improved by digging?
![December plants](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1522391/VsgranMRq1701431772012/DECEMBER-PLANTS.jpg)
December plants
Åsa Gregers-Warg rounds off her year of plants with a winter-flowering clematis, exotic-looking succulent and a burst of sunshine from a lemon-coloured marguerite
![12 free gardens to visit this summer](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1402980/12v0k9Swm1691556559091/12-FREE-GARDENS-TO-VISIT-THIS-SUMMER.jpg)
12 free gardens to visit this summer
Garden visits don't have to cost the earth - in fact, there are many beautiful places up and down the UK that you can enjoy for free during the summer holidays, with top-notch, inspirational planting schemes
![Outer calm](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1402980/T4qFTKN6B1691556445524/OUTER-CALM.jpg)
Outer calm
Soothing green planting and paired-back hard landscaping have transformed a tired lawn into a tranquil space for reflection
![Bright and beautiful](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1402980/TmvmR50k81691556020754/BRIGHT-AND-BEAUTIFUL.jpg)
Bright and beautiful
This small city garden in Utrecht is now buzzing with life thanks to a transformation by designer Carolien Barkman
![Urban oasis](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1402980/I1jCSqdDb1691555911419/URBAN-OASIS.jpg)
Urban oasis
Behind a terraced house in Milan, designer Roberto Benatti has transformed a tiny garden into a green, English-style oasis
![Forward thinking](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1402980/GF-CJbpQj1691555759717/FORWARD-THINKING.jpg)
Forward thinking
When your front garden offers a better aspect than your back garden, it makes sense to make this your primary space
![Family matters](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/8833/1402980/RWLYF8RtT1691555613615/FAMILY-MATTERS.jpg)
Family matters
Award-winning garden designer Matt Keightley transformed the small, narrow space behind his 1930s London home into a lush, leafy glade that all the family can enjoy
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DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
With summers predicted to get hotter, and water becoming a precious resource, everyone is talking about drought-tolerant plants. But are they the answer in the UK and what should we know about planting and caring for them? We ask plant experts and landscape designers for their advice