RHS Journals
The Garden
February 2007
Volume 132; Part 2
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| COVER |
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Galanthus x valentinei with Euphorbia myrsinites as a backdrop sustains winter interest (see pp86-91)
Image: S & O Mathews |
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| News |
73 |
| Letters |
79 |
Garden talk
Ursula Buchan writes on the wise practice of mulching; Malcolm Hockham rails at the frippery of today’s tools; and Jane Owen suggests how much we can learn from garden history |
80 |
Art works in Sale
Gordon Cooke has created an urban retreat, perfect for displaying his ceramics
CAROLINE BECK |
82 |
Setting the winter garden ablaze
Planting ideas for bringing the garden alive throughout winter
STEPHEN ANDERTON |
86 |
Glass distinction
With the RHS Bicentenary Glasshouse opening this summer, the history of these graceful structures is explored
PHIL CLAYTON |
92 |
Green credentials
The first in a six-part series on how to garden in tune with nature
VAL BOURNE |
96 |
Cover story: Low on H2O
As the UK’s water reserves are placed under increasing pressure, contingency planning for the garden is crucial
ANDI CLEVELY |
98 |
Long-standing arrangements
Getting to know the annuals that can tolerate our increasingly long and ever hotter summers
LIN HAWTHORNE |
104 |
Cover story: Hellebores at Harveys
The latest breeding developments in these popular late-winter flowers
MIKE GRANT |
110 |
Off the straight and narrow
Successful vegetable gardening does not necessarily have to be carried out in neat, equally-spaced rows
JO WHITTINGHAM |
112 |
Peaks and troughs
Innovative recycled materials are used to display alpines at Utrecht Botanic Gardens, the Netherlands
JON ARDLE |
116 |
Nurseries to visit
Pan-Global Plants, Gloucestershire
ROY LANCASTER |
120 |
Viewpoint
Gardens and society
JUDY LING WONG |
124 |
| RHS Advice |
126 |
Gardens to visit
A selection of gardens around Britain to see this month (download as a pdf 501KB) |
132 |
| Book reviews |
137 |
Parting shot
Pest control 30 years ago
VANESSA BERRIDGE |
138 |
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