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The rose garden at Borde Hill with the setting sun highlighting a fountain's cascading water

garden design with patio area and seating viewed through trees

courtyard garden with home office softened by planting

Urban Essex garden at sunset with astrantia

family pool garden with lighting at twilight

small urban garden with patio area and raised lawn

st Timothee Berkshire on frosty winter morning

early morning summer sun at Chilworth Manor gardens Surrey garden photographer

st Timothee garden in January frost

formal terraced borders with stone stairs and hedging

formal greenhouse at the end of gravel pathway with hedging and topiary

sunset on midsummer's day with oxeye daisies Berkshire garden photographer

top garden photographer UK view over Surrey garden at sunrise

romantic stone bridge with turret at Dunsborough Park Surrey

formal rose garden at Arundel Castle Sussex with sundial

Borde Hill Jay Robin's rose garden in midsummer

uk garden photography Chelsea flower show landform balcony garden at sunset

Rudbeckia Sahara in a cut flower garden

snowdrops at Welford park Berkshire in February

golden hour dahlias at Fellside Flowers Cumbria flower farmer

Arundel Castle turret with blossom and clipped yew in Spring

uk garden photographer poppies at sunset, Fellside Flowers, Long Marton

glimpse into a formal greenhouse in Berkshire

cottage garden Surrey garden photography by Julie Skelton

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Guildford, Surrey UK

In school, I was pretty much a non-swimmer (hated

In school, I was pretty much a non-swimmer (hated getting my face wet, ND problems) and only learnt to swim correctly as an adult. I’m not a strong swimmer but I’m working on it, and recently had a glimpse of why people (especially women) become so hooked on cold-water swimming. I get it now, and this garden design by @rachelplattdesign with a pool by @ellicarpools is a little slice of perfection. Wildlife and pet-friendly, the natural pool attracts bats, dragonflies and frogs; softening grasses blur into a herby, cottage-y feel including Salvia yangii and Oenothera lindheimeri. A fire pit area, vegetable garden, lighting by @kgelectrical_contractors and choice of dining areas make this such a dreamy space from dawn to dusk.
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#wildlifegarden #coldwaterswimming #naturalpool #petfriendly #gardendesign

Recently published: 1. Clare Matterson, Director G

Recently published:
1. Clare Matterson, Director General of the RHS, photographed for Gardens Illustrated ‘Who’s Who’ on the show garden of Paul Hervey-Brookes at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse.
2. Beth Chatto’s water garden, featured in ‘RHS Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland: Your Guide to 100 of the Most Beautiful Gardens’, book published by DK
3. Another view of the water garden, as seen in the above book introduction
4. Joe Swift, photographed for NGS at Horatio’s Garden, and one of the speakers at National Garden Scheme Ask the Experts with Fiona Bruce on Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - see ngs.org.uk for full details.
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Many thanks to all for choosing to use these garden photographs and portraits 💚

I was so happy to read about the relocation of @ni

I was so happy to read about the relocation of @nigel.dunnett’s Hospitalfield Arts Garden, to Ladyloan School in coastal Arbroath. I’d been lucky enough to have a minute or two in passing to capture it in glorious evening light at RHS Chelsea. This resilient and textural garden teaches us much about thriving in difficult conditions; the innovative planting into sand reminded me of what the team from Beth Chatto’s have been implementing in some garden spaces local to them. The free-draining, low fertility ground encourages deeper roots, and so planting can withstand harsher extremes of our changing climate. Swipe to see other dune photos from around the northern coasts of Scotland and the west of Ireland; plants never cease to amaze me with their defiance in the face of the elements!
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#resilientplants #coastalgarden #dunes

This Notting Hill roof terrace really packs a punc

This Notting Hill roof terrace really packs a punch with fragrant, textural planting and maximum use of the space. Clever clever planning by @ameliabouquetgardendesign, with Mediterranean style planting to withstand the harsher elements, trees and climbers providing privacy screening, and even a variety of seating choices according to the time of day. Wooden planters, table & benches by @ajw_studio; lightweight metal planters by @surreyironcraft; planting by @oalandscapes.
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#smallgarden #roofterrace #pottedgarden #gardendesign

The Gabriel Ash RHS Portico greenhouse - made to o

The Gabriel Ash RHS Portico greenhouse - made to order from Western Red Cedar. The wood is naturally rich in oils, and in a moisture-rich environment such as a greenhouse, resists decay without the need to treat it.
These images were taken on a beautiful autumn morning with the most magical mist last year, as the leaves began to turn. The team added some stylish touches to the already well-loved, elegant greenhouse - what a wonderful and useful space to be able to make the most of the season! Somewhere to grow, to read, to enjoy the fragrance, to hunker down and look after your mental and physical health when the weather is closing in… Have you guessed that autumn is my favourite?!
@gabrielash1 @bloxhampr @gdnmediaguild @the_rhs
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#greenhouse #gardenstyle #gardeninspo #gardenphotography

Do take a look at September’s @the_rhs The Garde

Do take a look at September’s @the_rhs The Garden magazine to read a fascinating interview with royal artist Gillian Barlow. She was wonderful to meet and photograph, with a joyous enthusiasm for her art, colour-matching with absolute precision to flowers, leaves and reference pictures gathered in her studio. I particularly loved popping out into her wildlife-friendly garden where she took delight in the cinnabar moth caterpillars!
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#royalartist #botanicalart

One whole year of the Meanwhile Garden… The firs

One whole year of the Meanwhile Garden…
The first time I visited @bethchattogardens, we were told about a proposal to plant a pop-up garden into disused rubble ground in Colchester town centre. I’ve documented the team finishing prepping and planting; I’ve seen it showcased to visitors by @spaceshaper at the Beth Chatto Symposium last summer. Plants (invited plus other incomers, as intended) have settled right in. I’ve had chats with people sitting out and using the garden, talking about how beautifully the grasses catch the light. There are always parents walking a child through here; there are always teens on skateboards. There are tons of pollinators. One year on, and it quite literally buzzes with life. Pictures from last summer through to now.

Autumn I 🧡 you

My friend has just pointed me in the direction of

My friend has just pointed me in the direction of a cookery book that uses vegetables in bakes to incorporate healthy sweetness. It reminded me of the time I took photos for @nationalgardenscheme in the garden at Wildwood, Camberley, and took along my Courgette & Lime cake - which turned out pretty well, I thought! Recipe added in case ya fancy. Wildwood has now been opening for NGS for 20 years! 🎂 🎉 💛

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