Robin Lane Fox writes a gardening column for the FT Weekend supplement.
Destroyed in 1815, the Hougoumont estate is now emerging from a 10-year restoration project — but how can the gardens combine melancholy and flowery charm?
This year’s turbocharged profusion of blooms reawakens an age-old debate . . .
Bewildered by advice and choice? Here’s a guide to what, where and how to plant this June — to delight both the eyes and the taste buds
When the current owner’s grandmother bought Cadenham Manor in 1945, she spent years developing the four-acre garden — recently featured in the ‘Rivals’ TV series. And there is much to quicken the pulse beyond naked tennis
The long dry spring has created a profusion of flowers, to the delight of most gardeners — but not those who are behind on their planting
This celebration of gardening in the UK is an entertaining but puzzlingly limited survey that omits more than it includes
After the months of dry weather, I was expecting an anticlimax — but there was plenty to rejoice in
The annual event is wonderfully removed from reality; that’s why I love it. But there are still surprises to be found — just bring your own sandwich
The master artist’s garden was integral to his Antwerp town house, and it has now been replanted after meticulous historical study
Climate change has put the season on fast forward: the wisteria and roses are flowering too early — but the colour rush is a spur to agile new planting prepping
In 1940, Shropshire homeowner Harry Clive turned his attention to an ‘impregnable’ gravel quarry. The garden haven he created for his chronically ill wife remains an inspiration
To buy big or to shop shrewdly? Eye-catching blooms or plantings to nurture? Such are the questions many a couple will wrangle over this weekend. And an old hand has thoughts . . .
The National Garden Scheme’s thousands of participants offer a microcosm of horticultural and social evolution, inspiration — and, if you’re lucky, tea and cakes
Jahangir, the Mughal poet, was a ‘seizer of worlds’, hunter of lions and heavy drinker — but he was also a lover of plants and hater of customs duty
There is still much to admire in hardy hellebores and heathers — but budding magnolia and camellia are starting to steal the show
Admirers of Roberto Burle Marx, that is — the Brazilian landscape designer who is honoured in a Royal Academy exhibition
By sending off now for seeds – pelargoniums, marigolds, sweet peas and cosmos among them – and sowing them under cover, you’ll cut your costs, but double your fun
Mountain plants from the Alps to the Himalayas are struggling as climate changes, but the ingenious displays at the Alpine Garden Society show are beacons of hope
Do we need a more foodie approach to flowering plants? An inspiring new book says so
The Arts and Crafts designer incorporated patterns from Islamic art into carpets, textiles and wallpaper, as an exhibition explores. Gardeners should follow his cues
British hawthorn, oak and birch enrich the landscape, but so do varieties hailing from as far away as China and Chile
There is science and art in putting these little-more-than seedlings in the ground. And now’s the time to act, before they — and their prices — grow
February is the peak month for displays of the exotic flower at botanical gardens around the world. And a good time to ask for advice on keeping yours healthy
A new book illustrates that far from being pastoral fantasies wasting land, money and energy, they are a valuable cultural export, part of the country’s enduring soft power
Digital garden planning programmes can be useful tools, but they can’t replace human imagination, experience — and the instinct to go rogue
