Gardens

A fence is usually the largest single object in a garden and almost always the least considered. It is put up by a contractor in a

A path is the one thing in a garden that everybody uses and almost nobody plans. It gets laid where the concrete happened to end, or

Rock gardens have an image problem. Most people picture the sad 1970s version: a heap of soil with some rocks dropped on top and a struggling

A Japanese garden is the quietest garden there is, and the quiet is not an accident. Every element in it has been chosen, placed and then,

A tropical garden is the one style that hits you physically. You step through a gap in the planting, the air goes still and humid, the

The Mediterranean garden is the one everybody comes home from holiday wanting. It is not really about the plants, or not only: it is the smell

Gardening by the sea is a trade. You get light that no inland garden can match, mild winters, and a view worth every penny, and in

A pollinator garden is not a special kind of garden so much as an ordinary one planted with a little more thought. The same border that

A modern garden is not a cold one. The best contemporary spaces are built on a few clean lines, a short list of materials, and plants

Summers are getting longer and hosepipe bans are getting more common, and a garden built around thirsty lawns and bedding plants starts to look like a