<![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Gardens ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Amy Merrick: No self-respecting flower-lover would fill their vases with imported stems. We want seasonal British-grown flowers and foliage ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/amy-merrick-no-self-respecting-flower-lover-would-fill-their-vases-with-imported-stems-we-want-seasonal-british-grown-flowers-and-foliage MfnSAtKD9AijxNPBS2eBFo Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The garden has run away and found its soul... It’s like being on a horse that’s ever so slightly out of control': Ferne Park's magical journey from dereliction to maturity ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/the-garden-has-run-away-and-found-its-soul-its-like-being-on-a-horse-thats-ever-so-slightly-out-of-control-ferne-parks-magical-journey-from-dereliction-to-maturity wJytk7qmjTaGUg4gpLYZQa Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson: The 'Sir David Beckham' rose is so good that one day he'll be better remembered as a flower than a footballer ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/charles-quest-ritson-the-sir-david-beckham-rose-is-so-good-that-one-day-hell-be-better-remembered-as-a-flower-than-a-footballer xhXdvnzdPhxRzu6pkevFzZ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Music, dancing and jellied eels all round: The 'colourful world of plenty' in the iconic garden at the Festival of Britain ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/music-dancing-and-jellied-eels-all-round-the-colourful-world-of-plenty-in-the-iconic-garden-at-the-festival-of-britain PjjarERqwoghqmE9z7KeNc Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The ancient trees that laugh in the face of climate change and dinosaur-killing asteroids ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/the-ancient-trees-that-laugh-in-the-face-of-climate-change-and-dinosaur-killing-asteroids xWAM7UXcwZVib9ceTQrtwm Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Science has not been kind to moon gardening, but feeling part of a centuries-old gardening tradition is rewarding' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/science-has-not-been-kind-to-moon-gardening-but-feeling-part-of-a-centuries-old-gardening-tradition-is-rewarding w73seidJguVsgRdNqk8dGV Sat, 30 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The hedge can be a Queen of Puddings, a veritable pie, which could have its uses in all sorts of places ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/the-hedge-can-be-a-queen-of-puddings-a-veritable-pie-which-could-have-its-uses-in-all-sorts-of-places icJL9u8zQp4ZaANTMFTgw9 Fri, 29 May 2026 15:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Has ‘gravel gardening’ ever been as perfectly presented? What we really thought about the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/has-gravel-gardening-ever-been-as-perfectly-presented-what-we-really-thought-about-the-2026-rhs-chelsea-flower-show 6WmY3T2poEnGEPv82pqJGQ Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Fri, 29 May 2026 14:16:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ These rarely-seen photographs of the Prince’s Palace of Monaco were taken by a world-renowned photographer and rediscovered in the Country Life Archive ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/these-rarely-seen-photographs-of-the-princes-palace-of-monaco-were-taken-by-a-world-renowned-photographer-and-rediscovered-in-the-country-life-archive CzAKR5b8dYwaMxrSPMbmx3 Mon, 25 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Thu, 28 May 2026 09:58:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Forget a message in a bottle, how about a whole ecosystem? A five-minute guide to terrariums and their nasty history ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/forget-a-message-in-a-bottle-how-about-a-whole-ecosystem-a-five-minute-guide-to-terrariums-and-their-nasty-history mFgDwRuCbWuAtycSx2H3UN Sat, 23 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Famous faces and moments you might've missed at the Chelsea Flower Show so far ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/famous-faces-and-moments-you-mightve-missed-at-the-chelsea-flower-show-so-far AUbcNzc48iSMxbdZGBdx9Z Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ What not to miss at the Chelsea Flower Show: Clive Nichols and Kathryn Bradley-Hole on the Country Life Podcast ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/what-not-to-miss-at-the-chelsea-flower-show-clive-nichols-and-kathryn-bradley-hole-on-the-country-life-podcast RW2qBFGWSvjJWPeQVH7Dpc Wed, 20 May 2026 15:02:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'It would be very odd to be in a room without a plant, wouldn't it?': How to decorate with houseplants, inspired by our Chelsea Flower Show stand ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/it-would-be-very-odd-to-be-in-a-room-without-a-plant-wouldnt-it-how-to-decorate-with-houseplants-inspired-by-our-chelsea-flower-show-stand UhRW2PBn4GpgYv6EeLQX9T Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Chelsea Flower Show 2026: The entirely unofficial awards, according to Country Life ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/chelsea-flower-show-2026-the-entirely-unofficial-awards-according-to-country-life zXazx7LfSajGYHwEpUHp5W Tue, 19 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2026 10:56:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mother Earth carved from a fallen tree, a dry-stone arch and plants sourced from fly-tipped garden waste: The story of the RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/mother-earth-carved-from-a-fallen-tree-a-dry-stone-arch-and-plants-sourced-from-fly-tipped-garden-waste-the-rhs-chelsea-garden-show-garden-of-the-year sFbA9yahUyZoj7m4SPHt9U Tue, 19 May 2026 13:34:31 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 13:38:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ See all the medallists from the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/see-all-the-medallists-from-the-2026-rhs-chelsea-flower-show PNf8h929EGY73wsTnmLHoQ Tue, 19 May 2026 09:48:42 +0000 Wed, 20 May 2026 16:25:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Country Life at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show: Highlights from day two of the nation's favourite flower show ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/live/country-life-live-from-the-chelsea-flower-show zoyxHEPjUZj2oUXzmQVGWf Tue, 19 May 2026 07:03:36 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 17:07:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Country Life at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show: The highlights of the opening day at SW3 ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/live/country-life-live-at-the-rhs-chelsea-flower-show vTULF3sjuko3kDwaPYdEkD Mon, 18 May 2026 07:00:33 +0000 Tue, 19 May 2026 14:19:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Growing is in our DNA, what we're designed to do. It helps us make sense of things': Waiting for an allotment in Belfast ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/growing-is-in-our-dna-what-were-designed-to-do-it-helps-us-make-sense-of-things-waiting-for-an-allotment-in-belfast ifk3pF7g5BnVnREXrJxiBS Sat, 16 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ What you'll see at RHS Chelsea 2026: Rustic royal cottages, curvaceous designs and a taste of the Australian outback ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/what-youll-see-at-rhs-chelsea-2026-rustic-royal-cottages-curvaceous-designs-and-a-taste-of-the-australian-outback-preview VAKEej7f8LPfwFfcvsU2gQ Sat, 16 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Gardeners at their best, Britain at its best —and tickets are a snip': Alan Titchmarsh on his all-time favourite flower show ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/gardeners-at-their-best-britain-at-its-best-and-tickets-are-a-snip-alan-titchmarsh-on-his-all-time-favourite-flower-show waAo9zGDKEeswZjJxDAmJF Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The silent extinction crisis threatening vanilla, magnolias — and the world’s tiniest waterlily ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/countryside/rural-life/the-worlds-main-source-of-vanilla-smallest-waterlily-and-many-magnolia-species-could-disappear-entirely EycMhDRmqY9uuZVQSDrqN6 Thu, 14 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ If you consider the collective power of the UK's gardens, the potential to make a meaningful difference for nature is extraordinary ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/if-you-consider-the-collective-power-of-the-uks-gardens-the-potential-to-make-a-meaningful-difference-for-nature-is-extraordinary di5NjQDhRpLoQ3FeabWtCa Sat, 09 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'A grotesque mixture of Frankenstein plants that no nursery has ever nurtured': What happened when an experienced gardening writer turned to AI ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/a-grotesque-mixture-of-frankenstein-plants-that-no-nursery-has-ever-nurtured-what-happened-when-an-experienced-gardening-writer-turned-to-ai HhXmJosTMJxkZS9ctxS7GW Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria and the bluebells that erupt in a hidden pocket of wilderness at Kew Gardens ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/queen-charlotte-queen-victoria-and-the-bluebells-that-light-up-a-corner-of-kew-gardens-thats-tucked-away-from-the-crowds SbS5vkL5NBPqf5SRD5eAPj Sat, 02 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 05 May 2026 13:07:50 +0000 <![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