Gardens Illustrated Magazine June 2023 Back Issue

The June issue of Gardens Illustrated features seven beautifully different spaces. They include the exquisite white garden of Chrissie Rucker, founder of The White Company and a large, organically-certified Gloucestershire garden masterminded by designers Urquart & Hunt. We visit an experimental sand garden in Sweden created by designer Peter Korn and a bold courtyard garden in the south of France by James Basson. An ebulliently planted garden in East Sussex makes the most of its varied growing conditions, while in a garden in Essex, a lawn and parking space have been replaced with naturalistic planting. And in a small Dutch suburban garden, a simple palette of plants creates a cohesive scheme. We also celebrate edible plants – three experts recommend their favourite edimentals (plants that are both beautiful and edible) and we feature delicious summer recipes using edible flowers. And for the start of summer we take a fresh look at geums, gaining in popularity, and garden stalwarts, lilacs. In the second of his myth-busting series, Ken Thompson examines whether rockdust, biochar and mycorrhizas are really worth using, and columnist Alice Vincent gives the lowdown on choosing a garden studio.