The English Garden

Enjoy over 60 beautiful gardens a year with The English Garden. Every issue features country, city, cottage and coastal gardens, with advice on how to recreate them. Be inspired by articles written by the country's top garden designers and discover the best plant varieties for your garden, chosen by expert nurserymen and plantspeople.

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The English Garden

On the Front Line • The most public-facing part of our home, the front garden is a hard-working space that, with careful thought to design and consideration of neighbourly relations, can be transformed into something truly attractive and welcoming

Hard Times • In times of increased flooding and hotter summers, learn how to deploy permeable surfaces, clever planting and wildlife-friendly design to make space for your car in your front garden without sacrificing beauty or biodiversity

No-Fuss Frontages • Choose a combination of easy-to-grow, low-maintenance plants for your front garden and look forward to year-round interest with minimal effort

More is LESS • By cramming in a multitude of plants at this East Lothian contemporary coastal cottage front garden, designer Lynn Hill has created a surprisingly low-maintenance setting, where a day’s work is over before it’s started

Picture Perfect • Framing is everything when making the most of your front garden’s focal point – the door. Use these clever tricks to enhance symmetry, add planting and lighting for interest and security and place emphasis on your garden path

Beyond Boundaries • Whether you use a fence or a hedge, there so much to consider when working to enclose your front garden, from security and seasonal interest to rules and regulations

Out of Sight • Front gardens often serve a very practical purpose as a place to keep such everyday items as bikes and bins. Thankfully, a range of clever and stylish storage solutions means you don’t have to choose between function and form

A Place for Everything • Smart and practical outdoor bin stores in a range of sizes, colours and finishes keep your garden looking clutter-free and ensure the focus is on the bits you do want people to see

Cover Stories • A froth of flowers or foliage wrapping the walls of your house isn’t just attractive – it’s also insulating and provides a host of wildlife benefits