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BOOKS (reviews at bottom)

Piet Blanckaert Gardens, Hatje Cantz
Piet Blanckaert Gardens, Hatje Cantz
The Generous Gardener, Gemini Books
Dachshunds: the Long and the Short of Them, Pimpernel

ARTICLES

Who Owns a Garden? Forbes Global Property July 2025
Who Owns a Garden? Forbes Global Property July 2025
Top trends from Chelsea Flower Show 2025 - Portfolio by Savills
Top trends from Chelsea Flower Show 2025 - Portfolio by Savills
Stephen Crisp, head gardener at Winfield House, retires/Washington Post
Crocus's swansong at Chelsea plus top tips/Sunday Times May 2024£
​​Creating a forest for the future - Portfolio by Savills
​​Creating a forest for the future - Portfolio by Savills
Pleasure and productivity in the Scottish Highlands/Veranda Jan/Feb 2024
Pleasure and productivity in the Scottish Highlands/Veranda Jan/Feb 2024
Berries and candlelight: the magic of winter arrangements/Sunday Times 10/12/23 £
Berries and candlelight: the magic of winter arrangements/Sunday Times 10/12/23 £
Jinny Blom on What Makes a Garden/SundayTimes 8 Oct 2923
Jinny Blom on What Makes a Garden/SundayTimes 8 Oct 2923
East Lambrook Manor, Grade I listed garden created by Margery Fish, up for sale/Sunday times 20 august 2023 £
East Lambrook Manor, Grade I listed garden created by Margery Fish, up for sale/Sunday times 20 august 2023 £
Sue Jones, Oka founder, at home in the Cotswolds/Veranda Sept/October 2023
Sue Jones, Oka founder, at home in the Cotswolds/Veranda Sept/October 2023
Catherine FitzGerald's garden at Glin Castle/Veranda Sept-October issue 2023
Catherine FitzGerald's garden at Glin Castle/Veranda Sept-October issue 2023
Designer Thomas Boog’s playful, intricate shell pieces in his French country house Veranda May/June 2023
Designer Thomas Boog’s playful, intricate shell pieces in his French country house Veranda May/June 2023
Jinny Blom’s Cotswold garden for Sanjeev Shah and Mansi Amin/Architectural Digest May 2023
Jinny Blom’s Cotswold garden for Sanjeev Shah and Mansi Amin/Architectural Digest May 2023
Louise Dowding's fantastical topiary garden in Somerset, House & Garden
Louise Dowding's fantastical topiary garden in Somerset, House & Garden
Thomas Heatherwick's new glasshouse at Woolbeding/Sunday Times £
James Alexander-Sinclair's gorgeous garden at Kestle Barton/Country LIfe
At home in Bel Air with Renvy Graves Pittman/Veranda
At home with Esther Cazyer-Colvin/Veranda
Marie-Claire Kerr and Ferniehurst castle/Scottish Field
Marie-Claire Kerr and Ferniehurst castle/Scottish Field
Downsize your garden/Sunday Telegraph
Gardening for climate change/The Times £
Tom Stuart-Smith's garden for Pierre Lagrange/Country Homes & Interiors (edited version)
Is aquaponics the future of food production/Sunday Telegraph
How to encourage wildlife to the garden/Sunday Times £
In the white garden with Chrissie Rucker/House & Garden
Graeme Black: from fashion to forestry/Sunday Times £
Armadale Castle and gardens, Skye/Country Life
Garden stuff for Generation Rent/Daily Telegraph
Garden delights at Upton Wold/House & Garden £
The low-slung charms of the Sausage Dog/Daily Telegraph
The wintry beauties of Drummond Castle/Country Life
Mapperton wins HH Garden of the Year/Telegraph
Behind the scenes of The Secret Garden film/Telegraph
The story of the Wardian case/Telegraph
Discover the fascinating history of the Palm House at Kew/Telegraph
On the veg patch with chef Merlin Labron-Johnson/Telegraph
The Bannermans’ new lockdown garden/Telegraph
Interview with Arthur Parkinson/Country Life
Greenhouse living in lockdown life, The Daily Telegraph
What it’s like to live in Bruton/The Sunday Times
Judy Kameon, Los Angeles designer/House and Garden magazine
Christmas gardening books round up 2019/The Sunday Times
Chelsea Flower Show 2019 report/The Sunday Times
Flora Starkey at her fabulous flower farm/The Sunday Times
At home with Amanda Brooks
Time and Place with Piet Oudolf: Sunday Times
Exclusive interview with Kathy Clugston, new chair of Gardeners' Question Time
In the garden with Alice Waters/The Sunday Times
How to choose a new heat range: Sunday Times
Digging for Brexit: what veg to grow (there’s more too on the pages - fruit, herbs etc
Gardening trends for 2019
Forgo the floral foam: Sunday Times
Would your dog pass the tenants’ test? Mitzi and Heidi go for interview
@tradchap’s quirky home for sale in Frome
Roof terraces
How to build a garden maze
What's with the British and the weather?
Chelsea Flower Show report
Miserden - Historic Houses garden of the year

REVIEWS

The Generous Gardener: What gardens mean to me
The Generous Gardener: Evening Standard review by David Sexton
The Generous Gardener: RHS The Garden review by Matthew Biggs (membership needed to read)
The Generous Gardener Telegraph review
The Generous Gardener (and others) Sunday Times
The Generous Gardener: Spectator The Year's Best Gardening Books
The Generous Gardener: Stephen Anderton in The Times
The Generous Gardener: Reckless Gardener blog review
The Generous Gardener: Garden Post blog review
The Generous Gardener: Christopher Gibbs's Garden in Tangier - Daily Telegraph
The Generous Gardener: Gardens Illustrated review
The Generous Gardener: Daily Mail review.

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