Robin Lane Fox writes a gardening column for the FT Weekend supplement.
The National Garden Scheme’s thousands of participants offer a microcosm of horticultural and social evolution, inspiration — and, if you’re lucky, tea and cakes
Jahangir, the Mughal poet, was a ‘seizer of worlds’, hunter of lions and heavy drinker — but he was also a lover of plants and hater of customs duty
There is still much to admire in hardy hellebores and heathers — but budding magnolia and camellia are starting to steal the show
Admirers of Roberto Burle Marx, that is — the Brazilian landscape designer who is honoured in a Royal Academy exhibition
By sending off now for seeds – pelargoniums, marigolds, sweet peas and cosmos among them – and sowing them under cover, you’ll cut your costs, but double your fun
Mountain plants from the Alps to the Himalayas are struggling as climate changes, but the ingenious displays at the Alpine Garden Society show are beacons of hope
Do we need a more foodie approach to flowering plants? An inspiring new book says so
The Arts and Crafts designer incorporated patterns from Islamic art into carpets, textiles and wallpaper, as an exhibition explores. Gardeners should follow his cues
British hawthorn, oak and birch enrich the landscape, but so do varieties hailing from as far away as China and Chile
There is science and art in putting these little-more-than seedlings in the ground. And now’s the time to act, before they — and their prices — grow
February is the peak month for displays of the exotic flower at botanical gardens around the world. And a good time to ask for advice on keeping yours healthy
A new book illustrates that far from being pastoral fantasies wasting land, money and energy, they are a valuable cultural export, part of the country’s enduring soft power
Digital garden planning programmes can be useful tools, but they can’t replace human imagination, experience — and the instinct to go rogue
Personal mood lies at the heart of how we perceive gardens, as the National Gallery’s exhibition of the Dutch artist’s work illuminates
The National Botanic Gardens in Ireland’s County Wicklow offer valuable lessons in hope and persistence in the face of despair and adversity
Restoration of the biblical frescoes in the Scrovegni chapel reveals the Italian painter to be not just the maestro of human gesture and form but a brilliant botanical artist as well
Deck the halls — and window boxes — with pansies, jasmine, mahonia, cyclamen or choisya
The reimagining of this temple of horticulture in Philadelphia County is on a scale unimaginable in the UK
The mild weather favours flowery Novembers but destructive animals are out in force. Plants that resist attack are the way to keep colour and life in bloom
An exhibition of the great botanical artist’s work is currently touring, giving us an opportunity to look as deeply at nature as he did
A trip to Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum makes the UK’s season pale in comparison
Padua traces its history back to 1545, but it still has new things to teach us
Disease-prone, plundered by wildlife, and the very opposite of sustainable, the spring blooms are a rollercoaster ride — bumpy but unmissable
Horticulture and history entwine at the home of King Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great
The answer is plants that thrive, and so make us smile — here are three that lead the way
