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    Inside the underground garden of Baldassare Forestiere

    Could one man’s subterranean solution more than a century ago inspire a modern-day model for coping with extreme heat?

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    A rich convergence of plants from the Alps to the Arctic to the Med grace this rocky limestone region of western Ireland

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    Bringing water into the garden needn’t be involved — or naff

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  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
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    The timeless aesthetic of Japanese gardens

    A long tradition of Buddhist meditation has driven the design of these captivating, imaginative oases of discovery and reflection

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
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    Horticulturalists are dealing with drought but record rain and sheer unpredictability are challenges too

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  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
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    Rhododendrons enjoy a Himalayan spring in Wiltshire

    This year’s cool and wet weather has helped the plant’s vigour and proliferation at a wooded haven of rarities

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    How the Bloomsbury Group broke convention in art, love — and gardens

    Virginia Woolf and cohorts found beauty and passion in their bohemian retreats, but there was also sadness, as a new exhibition shows

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  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
    How to choose antique garden furniture, from Roman to wrought-iron

    Urns, benches and tables with the patina of time can set a romantic and whimsical tone

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  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    Betting on the weather for bedding out plants

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  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    Troubled waters: what is the future of the swimming pool?

    Long a symbol of affluence and desire, a pillar of Hollywood and the American dream, its fortunes are changing in a drought-plagued world

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    An architect by training, he creates outdoor ‘rooms’ on tropical estates in Florida and the Bahamas

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    The joys of jamming with nightingales

    At a woodland retreat, musician Sam Lee improvises with the songbirds amid efforts to understand why they are declining in the UK

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  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
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    The small perfection of flower painting

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  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
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    Fragrance and formality: a short history of rose gardens

    The hugely varied colour and scent of these plucky survivors have adorned our houses and landscapes for thousands of years

  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
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    The champions of the Chelsea Flower Show

    The outdoor gardens show a variety and skill far wider than were on display in the 1960s

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  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
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    The Dutchman who popularised the naturalistic New Perennial style is still innovating as he approaches 80

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  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
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    Late May heralds the season – start steeping now

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  • Saturday, 18 May, 2024
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    Chelsea’s flower power still packs a punch

    The annual London flower show has an undeniable global allure — so why is it not taken seriously?

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  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
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    Can Chelsea Flower Show sustain itself?

    Detractors rue the event’s scale and waste but it still offers untold inspiration to gardeners

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
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    ‘Ramshackle’ plots and ‘puritanical nonsense’: inside Chelsea’s green credentials

    The flower show’s six-figure displays attract criticism from both gardening purists and environmental campaigners

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
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    ‘Whispers of better things come to us’: a Victorian pioneer at Chelsea

    The Octavia Hill garden, designed by Ann-Marie Powell, honours the campaigner for green spaces for the urban poor

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