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Aljos Farjon, honorary research associate at RBG Kew, knows almost all there is to about conifers, which include the firs and spruces widely used as Christmas trees. When he had studied everything about them that he could, he turned his thoughts to another favourite topic: English oaks. Aljos Farjon I suppose it was a given […]
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Landscape designer Darryl Moore sees opportunity for transformation in every unloved city space. Darryl Moore I grew up in New Zealand, and as a child had a very typical outdoor kind of life. We took it for granted that walking through bush and camping was what people did: we had a very direct relationship with […]
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This Christmas look to the garden and the natural world beyond for inspiration – and ingredients – to make your own stylish and thoughtful gifts and decorations. Create your own thoughtful Christmas gifts and decorations Dry sweet oranges January is the time for making marmalade with seasonal Seville oranges, but before that comes December, a […]
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Every gardener needs to down tools now and then, which is exactly the moment to pick up some good garden books. No matter what your interests, the chances are that someone has written a book about it. So whether you’re after inspiring guides to growing cut flowers, direction on making your garden more sustainable, or […]
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Day 12. The final prize. To mark the occasion, we’re giving one lucky winner a year’s subscription to our beautiful magazine, The English Garden. Enter the prize draw to try your luck at winning 13 glossy issues worth £44.95. On day 12 of advent we’re offering you the chance to win a year’s subscription to The […]
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On Day 11 of our prize draw advent calendar, The English Garden team is excited to offer you the chance to win a stunning deluxe engraved Hori Hori trowel knife and leather holster from Japeto, worth £68.75. Our eleventh prize is an engraved Hori Hori knife and leather holster, worth £68.75 from Japeto. What’s the […]
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Keep your wine and champagne chilled and ready to enjoy with an elegant cooler made from engraved solid oak and stainless steel caddy, our advent prize for Day 10, from The Oak & Rope Company, worth over £200. Day 10 of our advent prize draw gives entrants the opportunity to win a champagne/wine bucket from […]
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Day 9 of our ’12 days of Christmas’ advent brings a beautiful clear handmade hobnail jug from ibbi worth £100. Fill in the form below to be in with a chance of winning! Day 9 of our Christmas advent prize draw gives you the chance to win a clear hobnail jug from homeware brand ibbi worth […]
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Over the years, many hundreds of vegetable varieties grown for generations by families have been lost from circulation as the seeds have not been saved and are no longer licensed for commercial sale. For the past forty-seven years however, horticultural charity Garden Organic, together with its army of volunteer Seed Guardians, has been growing and […]
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Attending a Christmas light event is a sure-fire way to get into the festive mood. Bundling up in your hat, coat and gloves and walking a magical wintry trail with a warm drink in hand is the perfect way to start the season. These best 2022 Christmas light events from across the UK are guaranteed […]
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Discover new plants, tools and creative designs, plus shopping inspiration for gardeners in our round-up of the latest releases. Indulge in new plants for the garden and discover recently launched tools, kit and botanically influenced home accessories. New plants, tools and creative designs The Beauty of Winter Plants Gardens, plants and the natural world […]
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Discover the unmissable events, garden news and the very best gardens to visit this month. All the latest garden news and the best UK garden events to look out for in December. Garden news Winner of the RHS Partner Garden of the Year Competition announced The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced that Nant […]
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Will you be the lucky one to win the prize behind door 8 of our “12 days of Christmas” advent? This brilliant bundle features some of Burgon & Ball’s best-loved, RHS-endorsed tools. All tools in the RHS-endorsed ranges come with either a lifetime guarantee (for stainless steel tools), or a ten-year guarantee (for cutting tools). Hidden […]
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For our seventh advent prize, we’re offering one lucky entrant the chance to win two Luxor Teak Solar Lights from luxury outdoor furniture brand Harbour Lifestyle worth £99.99 each. Enter our day 7 prize draw for your chance to win two Luxor Teak Solar Lights worth £99.99 each from Harbour Lifestyle. What’s the prize? Contemporary and […]
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Garden designer and plantsman Alexander Hoyle selects 10 outstanding winter plants that will bring seasonal cheer to containers close to the house. 10 brilliant plants for Christmas containers Having always wanted to garden, Alexander Hoyle trained at both Pershore and RBG Kew, with a spell at Aberglasney along the way. This experience, combined with a […]
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Enter our day 6 prize draw for your chance to win a three month flower subscription from family florist Smith & Munson worth £75. Our sixth advent prize draw gives readers the chance to win a three month subscription of Smith and Munson’s stunning tulip bouquets, worth £75. What’s the prize? Is there anything more lovely than a […]
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These plants that flower at Christmas defy the cold and lack of daylight by cheering up the garden with colour and scent. Some of them are attractive houseplants that help decorate the house for the festive season too. Plants that flower at Christmas outdoors in the garden will help give the garden a lift and […]
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Serve these little clementine puddings from The Borough Market Cookbook as an alternative to figgy pudding and brandy butter, though really they’re too good to confine to just one day. The appearance at the greengrocers of stacks of pale wooden boxes containing clementines is a sure sign that it’s winter and Christmas is coming (if […]
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Day 5 of our ’12 days of Christmas’ advent prize draw gives entrants the chance to win ‘An Introduction to Gardening Course’ at The Yorkshire School of Garden Design, worth £540. Our day 5 advent prize is a three-day course ‘An Introduction to Garden Design’ at The Yorkshire School of Garden Design, in their teaching studio […]
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Day 4 of our ’12 days of Christmas’ advent prize draw gives entrants the chance to win a stunning pyramid obelisk for your garden from Harrod Horticultural worth £295. Our fourth advent prize draw comes with your chance to win a Southwold Pyramid Obelisk, worth £295 from Harrod Horticultural. What’s the prize? The Southwold Pyramid Steel Obelisk […]
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Day 3 of our ’12 days of Christmas’ advent prize draw gives entrants the chance to win lunch or dinner in the New Year at The Swan in Southrop for 2 people, worth £80*. Enter our prize draw on day 3 for your chance to dine in The Swan at Southrop in the New Year for lunch or […]
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Our second advent prize is lifetime access to Willow Crossley’s floristry course ‘The Fundamentals of Floristry’, worth £127 from Create Academy. Day 2 of our “12 Days of Christmas” advent calendar gives you the chance to win lifetime access to Willow Crossley’s floristry course ‘The Fundamentals of Floristry’, from Create Academy, worth £127. What’s the […]
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Day 1 of our 12 Days of Christmas advent prize draw gives entrants the chance to win an overnight stay at the grown-up getaway, culinary destination, Cotswolds spa hotel, Whatley Manor, worth £900+. What’s the prize? You’ll be staying in a Junior Suite, all of which are individually designed and supremely comfortable. Enjoy the Chefs […]
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The January 2023 issue of The English Garden magazine is on sale, full of inspirational ideas to help you create your dream garden. Garden design is the focus of this special January issue. The start of the year is a time where we make promises to be better versions of ourselves, and the skill of […]
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These are the tools, treats and accessories almost everyone will be delighted to find under the tree this year. Find the best Christmas presents for gardeners here. Whether it’s the coat of dreams, a good bottle of sloe gin, an in-vogue tulipiere or an essential garden tool, take the lead from our round-up. If you need […]
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There’s nothing quite like the look and smell of a Christmas tree to get you in the festive spirit. Whether it’s a sleek spruce clothed in chic silver baubles or a chunky fir bedecked with all the family clutter, Christmas trees make a joyful addition to the house as the year draws to a close. […]
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“Every plant is a lamp”, Romantic writer Victor Hugo wrote, “perfume is the light”. For many of us, our favourite scent is part of the fabric of who we are. Fragrance weaves it’s way into the memory — the floral sweetness that lingers from a hug with a loved-one, the decadent rich cologne savoured for […]
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Give someone the gift of the Garden from as little as £53 and help support London’s oldest botanic garden with a Chelsea Physic Garden Christmas gift membership. What does the Chelsea Physic Garden membership include? Give your loved ones a gift they can enjoy all year round with a Chelsea Physic Garden Christmas gift membership. […]
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Where can you go to see breathtaking artistic creations from world-renowned sculptors Barbara Hepworth, Giles Penny, Simon Gudgeon and James Turrell? The English Garden rounds up the finest sculpture gardens in the UK that offer you an opportunity to view some of the most seminal sculpted pieces of the past hundred years set in stunning surroundings. The […]
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The hit Netflix show The Crown has returned to our screens, this time following the royal family throughout the tumultuous years of 1991-1997. Alongside stunning performances, exquisite costumes, and beautifully written scenes, the other stars of the show throughout this series are the regal locations. From the abundant landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, to the […]
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These gardens boast true year-round appeal and are as inspiring to visit in the depths of winter as they are in high summer. Discover our top five English gardens to visit year-round for interest and motivation. Gardens to visit year-round 1. Mottisfont, Hampshire It might be known for its summer roses but as winter looms, […]
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You may think gardens are sound asleep this season, but here are our top winter gardens to visit across the country. Each has a lot to offer visitors in winter and make the perfect location for a winter walk. Our selection of the winter gardens to visit are full of colour and interest. So even if […]
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There’s something elegant and timeless about bay trees in pots – especially when they’re positioned either side of a door to frame it with year-round greenery. Here’s how to keep bays in containers looking good. The winter months are when bay trees in pots really come into their own. Bay (Laurus nobilis) is an evergreen […]
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Salvias are one of the great joys of an English garden, due to the wonderful diversity of their blooms and their long flowering period. Here, Vikki Rimmer talks salvia care with the curator of Great Comp Garden in Kent. Read on to learn about the best varieties and how to care for them. William Dyson, […]
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Attending a Christmas light event is a sure-fire way to get into the festive mood. Bundling up in your hat, coat and gloves and walking a magical wintry trail with a hot chocolate (or hot toddy!) in hand is the perfect way to start the season. We’ve rounded up the best Christmas light events from […]
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Attending a Christmas light event is a sure-fire way to get into the festive mood. Bundling up in your hat, coat and gloves and walking a magical wintry trail with a hot chocolate (or hot toddy!) in hand is the perfect way to start the season. We’ve rounded up the best Christmas light events from […]
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In her new book Borough Market:The Knowledge award-winning food writer, Angela Clutton distils the wisdom, passion and expertise of the traders who tend their stalls every day and form the beating heart of one of the world’s leading food markets: Borough Market. The English Garden are delighted to share her delicious recipe for Parsnip gnocchi and smoked garlic […]
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Anna Feeney from the RSPB tells us about the woodpigeon, our bird of the month for November. Unless you live in the uplands of north-west Scotland, you have probably seen many woodpigeons in your life – it is the most common pigeon in the UK, frequently found in gardens, towns, and cities. There are five species […]
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Gardener and designer Arthur Parkinson uses his favourite container, the dolly tub, to create a gorgeous layered confection of flowers from February to May. Dolls tubs, the galvanised Victorian wash tubs now widely used as containers, make a striking focal point and will take 100 to 200 bulbs each. Arthur plants his tubs up using […]
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A container is one of the most flexible and creative ways to add a splash of colour to both countryside and urban gardens. Perfect for patios and balconies, a thriving container can be a visual treat and introduce new textures and variation to your outdoor space, whether you choose to plant in an antique urn, […]
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Autumn is the perfect time to prepare your garden for a stunning scene of Spring colour. We have curated a bulb directory of brilliant suppliers of both wholesale and niche bulbs that you can trust to ensure a gloriously colourful display when you welcome the season. Ultimate bulb directory Avon Bulbs: A supplier of a wide […]
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Garden designer Angel Collins is adept at creating schemes with sustained interest. Here she suggests bulbs for a special spring-flowering border display. Words by Vivienne Hambly “A large part of the joy of growing bulbs is the anticipation. You can have at least three weeks of foliage when you don’t mind that they’re not flowering […]
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Scottish gardens are renowned for their trees and clear autumn colour, which appears later than in gardens further south. Extend the season by paying a visit to one of Scotland’s many fantastic gardens. There’s something magical about watching colours develop, leaves change and plants adapt as the season changes. The following plots are just a […]
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Cats and dogs should be shielded from loud noises at this time of year but take time to protect hedgehogs on Bonfire Night, too. According to the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, prepared bonfires are a five-star hotel for these threatened nocturnal creatures, which like to hibernate in the cosy spots. You may not think to […]
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Planted well, trees should establish quickly and grow into beautiful specimens, but there are one or two things to keep an eye on while they get growing. Here’s our guide to ongoing tree care. Once you’ve planted a tree, you’ll want to make sure it goes on to live a long and happy life, which […]
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Did you know that seeds can be collected and saved from trees, shrubs, perennials, alpines, vegetables and herbs? If you’ve been considering adding some additional plants to your garden space, don’t just rush straight for the nearest garden centre — you might be able to make further use of what you’ve already got. Neil Miller, […]
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Gardeners can be nervous about tree pruning, but just like other plants, trees can need pruning to keep them healthy and to give them a nice shape. Follow these tips to get it right. Tree pruning isn’t difficult but there are a few basic techniques it pays to apply. Always used good, sharp tools and […]
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Alongside travel specialists Sisley Garden Tours, we’re excited to bring The English Garden to life with ‘Wonders of the West’, an exclusive four-day holiday in Somerset and Dorset in June next year. The itinerary of the tour has been arranged to make the most of the location without making you feel rushed. On this exclusive Somerset & […]
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Leaf mould is a fantastic plant food to use on your borders and beds. Discover how to make leaf mould, a great soil conditioner, from your trees’ fallen leaves in our easy step-by-step video guide. What you need A big pile of leaves A strong refuse sack A wire or string to tie the top […]
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As the weather gets colder and memories of summer start to fade away, the glossy colour of autumn berries and hips is essential. Here are 10 top quality berrying plants. At this time of year autumn berries cling to bare branches like clusters of jewels, shining in bright shades, from scarlet, tangerine and gold, to […]
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