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OCTOBER 2024 Contents Heroes special 38 Horticultural heroes Discover the stories of our garden champions who are making a real difference to places, plants, people and the planet 50 One for all Designer Sarah Price has used her painterly touch to create a generous, welcoming community garden at The Exchange in Erith, southeast London 59 Gardening talent Meet Adam Stoter, assistant park manager at The Royal Parks 60 Waste not, nice plot Designer Miria Harris set herself the task of a zero-waste design, reusing, recycling or giving away everything to make her client’s dream garden 74 Tangerine dream Nigel Dunnett defied the surroundings of a tower block and busy road junction to create striking droughttolerant planting in a vibrant, rooftop community garden 80 Gardening is good for you In the first of a new column, Dr Richard Claxton looks at the science behind how gardening benefits your physical health 82 Earthly concern Gardener turned natural farmer Joshua Sparkes embraces weeds and even pests in his quest to mimic nature in his productive, experimental plot in Devon 114 The big idea Landscape designer John Wyer on the power and pleasures of volunteering Plants 16 Plantsperson’s favourites Head gardener Andrea Brunsendorf chooses her top ten plants for October 4 gardensillustrated.com OCTOBER 2024 66 Plant profile: Good enough to eat Ecological gardener Sid Hill recommends good-looking edibles to grow that can also boost our gut microbiome Design 91 Design news A new garden at the Natural History Museum 92 Inclusive design In the first of a new series, designer Charlotte Harris explains how we can make our gardens more accessible 99 Sourcebook Nine of the best outdoor wall lights Regulars 3 Welcome 6 Contributors 9 Dig in Learn how to apply for the NGS 2025 Community Garden Grants programme, plus news of a new free-to-join Community Nature Network, and what’s going on and growing this month 15 Masterclass online Book now for our autumn lecture series 21 Kitted out All you need for planting spring-flowering bulbs 24 Subscription offer Save when you subscribe to the digital edition of Gardens Illustrated 26 Autumn at Sissinghurst It’s all hands on deck as head gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team ease the garden into autumn with a multitude of tasks including hedge cutting, lawn maintenance and bulb planting 35 The garden chronicles Nigel Slater celebrates the generosity of gardeners 105 Books Two new books on ‘lost’ gardens and no-dig expert Charles Dowding reveals his new take on compost 111 Crossword and back issues 113 Next issue What’s coming up in our November issue BLOOM ICHARD R
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Subscribe & save take out a digital subscription to Gardens Illustrated SEE PAGE 24 COVER IMAGE COV E R I M AGE Horticultura l heroes From left: Dr Richard Claxton (page 80), Keely Siddiqui Charlick, Thomas Kendall, Mo Kebbay, Sarah Cook, Jim Marshall, John Little and Lee Connelly (page 38). Photograph by Lisa Linder ON THE COVER ON THE COVER Meet our horticultural heroes, page 38 All together now, pages 50 a nd 74 Hort healthy, pages 66 and 80 EVEEVENTS AND NTS AND OFFERSOFFERS • Join us for a new series of online talks this autumn with some of the UK’s leading experts. Watch live to ask questions or catch up later on demand – page 15 • Save money when you subscribe to the digital edition of Gardens Illustrated – page 24 The community garden at The Exchange, Erith, with its rich tapestry of layered planting, invites visitors to explore, page 50. Our packaging Members’ copies of Gardens Illustrated are delivered in paper wrapping instead of recyclable plastic polywrap. This paper wrap is 100% recyclable and made from sustainably sourced paper. Please recycle in your kerbside recycling bin.

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OCTOBER 2024 Contents

Heroes special 38 Horticultural heroes Discover the stories of our garden champions who are making a real difference to places, plants, people and the planet 50 One for all Designer Sarah

Price has used her painterly touch to create a generous, welcoming community garden at The Exchange in Erith, southeast London 59 Gardening talent Meet

Adam Stoter, assistant park manager at The Royal Parks 60 Waste not, nice plot Designer

Miria Harris set herself the task of a zero-waste design, reusing, recycling or giving away everything to make her client’s dream garden 74 Tangerine dream

Nigel Dunnett defied the surroundings of a tower block and busy road junction to create striking droughttolerant planting in a vibrant, rooftop community garden 80 Gardening is good for you

In the first of a new column, Dr Richard Claxton looks at the science behind how gardening benefits your physical health 82 Earthly concern Gardener turned natural farmer Joshua Sparkes embraces weeds and even pests in his quest to mimic nature in his productive, experimental plot in Devon 114 The big idea Landscape designer John Wyer on the power and pleasures of volunteering

Plants 16 Plantsperson’s favourites

Head gardener Andrea Brunsendorf chooses her top ten plants for October

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66 Plant profile: Good enough to eat Ecological gardener Sid Hill recommends good-looking edibles to grow that can also boost our gut microbiome

Design 91 Design news A new garden at the Natural History Museum 92 Inclusive design In the first of a new series, designer Charlotte Harris explains how we can make our gardens more accessible 99 Sourcebook Nine of the best outdoor wall lights

Regulars 3 Welcome 6 Contributors 9 Dig in Learn how to apply for the

NGS 2025 Community Garden Grants programme, plus news of a new free-to-join Community Nature Network, and what’s going on and growing this month 15 Masterclass online Book now for our autumn lecture series 21 Kitted out All you need for planting spring-flowering bulbs 24 Subscription offer

Save when you subscribe to the digital edition of Gardens Illustrated

26 Autumn at Sissinghurst It’s all hands on deck as head gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team ease the garden into autumn with a multitude of tasks including hedge cutting, lawn maintenance and bulb planting 35 The garden chronicles Nigel

Slater celebrates the generosity of gardeners 105 Books Two new books on ‘lost’

gardens and no-dig expert Charles Dowding reveals his new take on compost 111 Crossword and back issues 113 Next issue What’s coming up in our November issue

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