<![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Gardens ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Slugs: The good, the bad, and the stomach-churningly disgusting ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/slugs-the-good-the-bad-and-the-stomach-churningly-disgusting hvftEQaky82YEMj5ESnNSR Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I am destined to a life surrounded by books with never quite enough shelves': George Saumarez Smith on his design for Country Life’s stand at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/i-am-destined-to-a-life-surrounded-by-books-with-never-quite-enough-shelves-george-saumarez-smith-on-his-design-for-country-lifes-stand-at-this-years-rhs-chelsea-flower-show pjRhm7nEps9CbV5GrLDfMf Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:05:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Victorian world lost for 140 years, rediscovered and restored in Devon ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/the-victorian-world-of-ferns-that-was-lost-for-140-years-rediscovered-and-restored-in-devon 3TkrWvp8SyNmmBNVWuyz9H Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The man who made daffodils the flower of spring in Britain ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/the-man-who-made-daffodils-the-flower-of-spring FQ3zCvqWjMaPqcHRZMimLV Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mount Congreve: The exquisite Irish garden on an unimaginable scale ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/mount-congreve-the-exquisite-irish-garden-on-an-unimaginable-scale iQvGpQgBgSySpLbgHW3jT Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: The thrill of raising a plant from a speck of dust or a green leaf can only be learned first-hand ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/alan-titchmarsh-the-thrill-of-raising-a-plant-from-a-speck-of-dust-or-a-green-leaf-can-only-be-learned-first-hand mtfFRcF2c9RhgPufeQqeb Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I have no concept of anyone who's like me. Now, that's either because I'm such an egomaniac that I am sort of completely self obsessed, or … because I haven’t watched enough films’: Monty Don’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-have-no-concept-of-anyone-whos-like-me-now-thats-either-because-im-such-an-egomaniac-that-i-am-sort-of-completely-self-obsessed-or-because-i-havent-watched-enough-films-monty-dons-consuming-passions o8fveKR2nBTwXpvK7bztnf Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pretty little things: How the double primrose continues to hold us in its thrall ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/pretty-little-things-how-the-double-primrose-continues-to-hold-us-in-its-thrall tfEE8YhJGdqk2HFXHeKMTN Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'People are astounded that such a biodiverse haven exists here': The garden squares that are the hidden lungs of London ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/people-are-astounded-that-such-a-biodiverse-haven-exists-here-the-garden-squares-that-are-the-hidden-lungs-of-london kbfqR7p3ApCHpprXHPNifk Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:37:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'It's not nature being a pain; all of the problems we have with pests and diseases are because of us': The trailblazing gardener who's creating a 'food forest' in Devon ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/its-not-nature-being-a-pain-all-of-the-problems-we-have-with-pests-and-diseases-are-because-of-us-the-trailblazing-gardener-whos-creating-a-food-forest-in-devon smFVBHRkdoyVqurrC3FQFN Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:32:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Ugly, pointless and potentially lethal': Why dead hedges are a gardening fad too far ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/ugly-pointless-and-potentially-lethal-why-dead-hedges-are-a-gardening-fad-too-far xUwKWn7A5pfCmfbDNjjmWW Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The garden at Cogshall Grange: 'A modern work of art, combining shapeliness and serenity' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/cogshall sFtzuyJ8D7ezwvHvQJmQaU Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Italians think it's a laxative and the Germans say it leeches your bones, but rhubarb is a true British wonder. Here's how to do it justice ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/the-italians-think-its-a-laxative-and-the-germans-say-it-leeches-your-bones-but-rhubarb-is-a-true-british-wonder-heres-how-to-do-it-justice xE9XvpzXWLR33ndoEvCgoC Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ I pitted AI against a much-loved 1963 gardening book to see what to do with my little corner of Ireland — here's what happened ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/i-pitted-ai-against-a-much-loved-1963-gardening-book-to-see-what-to-do-with-my-little-corner-of-ireland-heres-what-happened HG2pYkXBafL6vuknyJU5qH Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Where was Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock series filmed? In a historic Welsh home that first appeared in Country Life a century ago ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/where-was-guy-ritchies-young-sherlock-series-filmed-in-a-historic-welsh-home-that-first-appeared-in-country-life-a-century-ago mxd29VAGJ2go9D2vgtDrS6 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ancient time-telling devices — turned garden ornaments — from the Country Life Archive ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/ancient-time-telling-devices-turned-garden-ornaments-from-the-country-life-archive ZELZUTLghRYtVZP8nTCFKR Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:28:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: I'm planting a brand new garden —here's what's going in, what I'm trying out, and the plant that's sending me in search of my axe ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/alan-titchmarsh-im-planting-a-brand-new-garden-heres-whats-going-in-what-im-trying-out-and-the-plant-thats-sending-me-in-search-of-my-axe BiMhPiCXWdzgebhGkNTNFS Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'There was the land, the money and the desire to show off both': The incomparable skill and immaculate timing of Capability Brown ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/there-was-the-land-the-money-and-the-desire-to-show-off-both-the-incomparable-skill-and-immaculate-timing-of-capability-brown GCC9kB6acWvPW92CG8VoMA Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ I'm a tulip in a bottle, baby: A very British botanical beauty contest is gaining fans of all ages ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/im-a-tulip-in-a-bottle-baby-a-very-british-botanical-beauty-contest-is-gaining-fans-of-all-ages 3wHtoezQBjsC9khDPKYKca Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:02:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sarah Raven: ‘I find nature very inspiring and reassuring, when things are feeling a bit dire in the world and we have world wars’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/sarah-raven-i-find-nature-very-inspiring-and-reassuring-when-things-are-feeling-a-bit-dire-in-the-world-and-we-have-world-wars UZqV5Gs6JBeXQZgAmfVcDo Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Growing leeks: What to plant, when to to it, and how to make them thrive ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/growing-leeks-what-to-plant-when-to-to-it-and-how-to-make-them-thrive okuuo1w5WXxyFg6cHUjorf Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A cheat's guide to bulbous irises and top tips for growing them ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/a-cheats-guide-to-bulbous-irises-and-top-tips-for-growing-them j5kgxWijfb7Sg4eSAXnsjL Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Colour photographs of Gertrude Jekyll’s garden, rediscovered in the Country Life Archive, offer a rare glimpse of what it looked like at the peak of her fame ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/colour-photographs-of-gertrude-jekylls-garden-rediscovered-in-the-country-life-archive-offer-a-rare-glimpse-of-what-it-looked-like-at-the-peak-of-her-fame Rq7zt9DHzA5wZmjTDeie79 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:08:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A dream built in glass, for herbs, flowers and 'lots of fancy tomatoes' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/a-dream-built-in-glass-for-herbs-flowers-and-lots-of-fancy-tomatoes EJQ6Z6MdzHCe5Zm4kq9Bc Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:41:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ No garden should be without a winter-flowering daphne, so we've picked the best ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/no-garden-should-be-without-a-winter-flowering-daphne-so-weve-picked-the-best 93tiu2BxXHaCcZYVCk2Tc5 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'It was the only design that spoke the same language as the house. It immediately felt right': An Oxfordshire home where house and garden work in perfect, asymmetrical harmony ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/his-was-the-only-design-that-spoke-the-same-language-as-the-house-it-immediately-felt-right-an-oxfordshire-home-where-house-and-garden-work-in-perfect-asynchronous-harmony xSzS3JYvEWmpwSUoKzZho3 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ You don’t need to live in the countryside or have acres of space to start a cutting garden ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/you-dont-need-to-live-in-the-countryside-or-have-acres-of-space-to-start-a-cutting-garden tpjFCiUMUvGq5iX9EQQYrV Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Intrepid, enterprising, dedicated: The new generation of nursery owners creating the flowers we'll be enjoying for decades to come ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/the-new-generation-of 8Vz265t7kcVEtG3tTeSMQd Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: Patience is in short supply today, but learning when to crack on and when to leave well alone will do your garden wonders ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/alan-titchmarsh-patience-is-in-short-supply-today-but-learning-when-to-crack-on-and-when-to-leave-well-alone-will-do-your-garden-wonders Ksh44vYiujttDctx8457XB Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Penns in the Rocks: The East Sussex garden created by Vita Sackville-West, with a little help from the huge boulders that stood here when dinosaurs walked the earth ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/the-garden-of-penns-in-the-rocks bdqeUXTJi3UW4RhJszYBow Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I was utterly bewitched': The heartwarming success story of one of Britain's greatest rose-growers ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/i-was-utterly-bewitched-the-heartwarming-success-story-of-one-of-britains-greatest-rose-growers df7tWaPUVWhwAdFiojxvEW Sat, 07 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:04:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ William Robinson, the visionary gardener 150 years ahead of his time ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/william-robson-the-visionary-gardener-150-years-ahead-of-his-time uRT6JGUs47s7YMHgaeBTJY Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:19:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Springing in the rain: The science behind the smells of the seasons ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/the-science-behind-the-smells-of-the-seasons oWRVuXJ2wHcpooDKx3CrVB Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'It was like going on a blind date... over a few glasses of wine our friendship was sealed and by three in the morning we had a plan': The creation of a spectacular Moroccan garden ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/it-was-like-going-on-a-blind-date-over-a-few-glasses-of-wine-our-friendship-was-sealed-and-by-three-in-the-morning-we-had-a-plan-the-creation-of-a-spectacular-moroccan-garden duaNkV59ypswHNcmBSEtcd Sat, 31 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:54:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: I'm always asked about 'creating a sensory garden', and my answer is always the same ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/alan-titchmarsh-im-always-asked-about-creating-a-sensory-garden-and-my-answer-is-always-the-same Fxagoq9Ya93WUudnoUV7HY Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ RHS to run two new touring shows at Badminton and at the royal estate at Sandringham ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/rhs-to-run-two-new-touring-shows-at-badminton-and-at-the-royal-estate-at-sandringham Q75hnmRsPZYHTHXRfg78fk Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ The gardeners' gardens: Alan Titchmarsh, Mary Keen, Clive Nichols and more on the places they have on their 2026 hitlists ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/alan-titchmarsh-mary-keen-clive-nichols-and-nine-more-of-britains-best-garden-writers-and-photographers-on-the-places-they-wont-miss-in-2026 L47cA8nBZifnrp5LAmSJ2g Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Beautiful, rewarding, unpronounceable: Chaenomeles, the spectacular shrub that grows happily in gardens where azaleas will never bloom ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/beautiful-rewarding-unpronounceable-chaenomeles-the-spectacular-shrub-that-grows-happily-in-gardens-where-azaleas-will-never-bloom J8TZeRgDuSkKww8r5svsPA Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ What is everyone talking about this week: Rewilding starts in your own back garden — even in the city ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/what-is-everyone-talking-about-this-week-rewilding-starts-in-your-own-back-garden-even-in-the-city r9vo8MyYF6kMNnvvS6xX5K Mon, 19 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ English country gardens once dotted the French Riviera. Now the last of them is about to slip away forever ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/english-country-gardens-once-dotted-the-french-riviera-now-the-last-of-them-is-about-to-slip-away-forever MujNvWuZWQAFznuSEEtPuk Sat, 17 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Three plants to grow in 2026 that are as delicious as they are pretty, from Siberian chives to 'Turkish warty cabbage' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/three-new-plants-to-grow-in-2026-from-to-warty-cabbage-thankfully-its-a-lot-better-than-it-sounds wmdq8K2kDFrMeWUkKUo9sT Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Seeing the centuries old specimens of Carl Linnaeus in a new light ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/seeing-the-centuries-old-specimens-of-carl-linnaeus-in-a-new-light Ba9wo3SDSkFuFJ9K9MEFhB Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: Everything you think you know about ivy is probably wrong ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/alan-titchmarsh-everything-you-think-you-know-about-ivy-is-probably-wrong 4zyRPpYmssMRbB49o7aPEJ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The railway station gardens that bring a touch of bucolic bliss to an ordinary train ride ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-railway-station-gardens-that-bring-a-touch-of-bucolic-bliss-to-an-ordinary-train-ride 33VZaQtC78DWjdsgcWECLd Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Convent Garden of Il Redentore: A Venice masterpiece that's finally opened its gates after 450 years of total privacy ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/sacred-grounds-the-convent-garden-of-il-redentore-venice sC3hnsC4bWuvTNE8kQNcZY Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Country Life's top 10 garden stories of 2025, from Alan Titchmarsh's hardy annuals to David Beckham's Cotswolds paradise ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-lifes-top-10-gardens-stories-of-2025-from-to-the-south-wales-terrace-with-an-exquisite-georgian-interior-clone LLugmGJNcrJxWWjHND7EfE Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:19:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Helmingham Hall: The ancient garden at a medieval hall where the drawbridge is still pulled up every night ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/helmingham-hall-the-ancient-garden-at-medieval-hall-where-the-drawbridge-is-still-pulled-up-every-night QnE7FyMKpuEe9WMumEdmak Sat, 20 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ The plants to give for Christmas which will keep flowering for years ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/the-plants-to-give-for-christmas-which-will-keep-flowering-for-years y6Lm496KQW3x3dEnC3sFf3 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dragonflies, flowers, dogs and lobsters: The 17th century nature brought back to life by the paintings of Alexander Marshal ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/a-brush-with-genius-the-botanical-paintings-of-alexander-marshal w5Htopv4XeSKG4aurQkrYS Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:59:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to create spectacular arrangements for your Christmas table ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/how-to-create-spectacular-arrangements-for-your-christmas-table K7S3eqSzRMdf8Gnd4wPpT9 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000