Sustainable gardens
Gardens
A Provençal garden with a modernist aesthetic and ecological approach
With its strong, simple planting schemes thriving within a network of water channels, this transformation of a Provençal farmyard is testament to garden designer James Basson’s ability to blend his ecological approach with the owner’s love of modernist principles
Gardens
An inspirational Devon estate overflowing with wildflowers
Combining structured but loosely planted garden rooms with acres of wildflower meadows – all with an organic ethos – Donna and Kevin Cox’s Devon estate is a model of thoughtful, ecologically diverse land management
Gardens
Weeds are having a moment: these are the ones you want in your garden
Pretty, low-maintenance and often overlooked - weeds are all the rage in the gardening world right now. Lottie Delamain picks her ten favourites
Gardens
From wildflowers to garlic pest repellent: how to make your garden better for the environment
Practical advice from the artists involved in the Hayward Gallery’s Dear Earth Exhibition (and the art installation you can create to conserve water)
Gardens
Meet the internet star bringing no dig gardening to the fore
Continuing the series in which she meets people who are passionate about saving the planet, Clare Foster talks to an internet star who is educating his viewers on the organic, no dig method of gardening
Gardens
How to nurture the bee population in your garden
The bee population in the UK is declining quickly, and some species of the insect are even on the endangered list. We turn to seasoned professionals to find out the best ways to look after the bees in our gardens
Gardens
A sustainable Spanish garden perfectly situated in its hillside landscape
On the slopes of the Tiétar Valley in central Spain, designer Álvaro Sampedro’s own garden is a beautiful embodiment of his sustainable approach, with hardy Mediterranean planting and sinuous paths mirroring the landscape beyond
Gardens
Piet Oudolf shares his garden design for the world-famous restaurant, Noma
In an extract from the new book, Piet Oudolf at Work, see the garden designer's plans and intricate design details for the fanciful, wild gardens of the world's best restaurant, Noma
Gardens
How the new walled garden at Knepp Castle is transforming the way we think about horticulture
Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex has been at the forefront of the rewilding movement for two decades. Now, its owners Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree have called in designer Tom Stuart-Smith to reimagine the previously overlooked formal walled garden
Decoration
How King Charles is influencing the architecture, interiors and aesthetics of Britain
Fiona McKenzie Johnston examines the King's lifelong devotion to British architecture – and posits what's to come under his reign
Gardens
Meet the man transforming Britain's meadows with wildflowers
Continuing her series in which she meets people passionate about saving the planet, Clare Foster talks to Charles Flower about his meadow consultancy and wild flower seed business
Sustainable gardens
A green oasis of a garden in South Africa's arid Northern Cape
Surrounded by the unforgiving, arid landscape of South Africa’s Northern Cape, a stud farm’s 22-acre garden created more than 70 years ago has been reinvigorated with a thoughtful ecological approach and now embraces the rhythms of nature.
Stories of conservation for Earth Day
A subtly romantic garden in Italy planted with sustainability in mind
With a brief to create a garden in the Italian countryside in tune with its surroundings, the designer Stuart Barfoot combined subtle landscaping with romantic plantings in a wildlife-rich scheme that captivates the senses
Stories of conservation for Earth Day
A garden on the Devon coast in tune with nature, ecology and its surroundings
In line with the owners’ environmental vision, our Garden Designer of the Year Dan Pearson has created a sustainable and productive garden in tune with nature, which celebrates its spectacular location on the Devon coast
Stories of conservation for Earth Day
A sustainable garden in the San Antonio forest, with a focus on restoring native planting
On a forested, sloping site in San Antonio, Texas, landscape architect Christine Ten Eyck has created a sustainable garden focusing on native planting, which is inspired by the limestone and copper of the house it surrounds
Stories of conservation for Earth Day
A low-maintenance garden at an Italian hillside villa
In an extract from 'Gardens of Eden' Abbye Churchill describes how in northern Italy, garden designer Cristina Mazzucchelli has created a bucolic resort landscape that is both ethereal and self-sustaining