RHS Journals
The Garden
May 2008
Volume 133; Part 5
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Lurking below the blooms of a Monarda, a flower crab spider waits for its next victim Image: Robert Lubeck/Photolibrary
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| News |
289 |
| Letters |
295 |
Garden talk
Ursula Buchan on ‘the Chelsea chop’, Arabella Lennox-Boyd on show gardens and Paul Bettison on composting green waste |
296 |
Viva violas!
Looking at the development and best selections of these garden favourites
MIKE HARDMAN |
298 |
Geraniums at Frosterley House
A visit to a National Plant Collection in Co. Durham administered by the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG), which turns 30 this year
CAROLINE BECK |
302 |
From garden to kitchen
The first in a short series – with more on RHS Online – looking at seasonal produce grown in an urban garden for use in the kitchen
NIGEL SLATER |
306 |
Old rectory, new look
The garden of an old rectory gets a new design from a former childhood resident
URSULA BUCHAN |
310 |
Garden practice: Climbers and their supports
Teaming the adaptations that plants have evolved in order to climb with suitable garden support systems
ANDI CLEVELY |
316 |
Just like home
A valley garden in North Yorkshire supports a range of Himalayan plants
PHIL CLAYTON |
320 |
The poppy estate
An East London housing estate has been revitalised using wild flowers
MARTYN COX |
322 |
Pots of production
Many vegetables are of ornamental as well as culinary use, and grow well in pots for attractive displays
SUE STRICKLAND |
326 |
Interview
Chris Brickell on the NCCPG
SPENCE GUNN |
330 |
Nurseries to visit
Ellenbank Nursery, Dumfries and Galloway
ROY LANCASTER |
332 |
Gardens as ecosystems
Part five: life-and-death dramas from the insect world
KEN THOMPSON |
336 |
RHS Advice
Expert advice on jobs and information for the month |
340 |
Gardens to visit
A selection of gardens around Britain to see this month (download as a pdf 648KB)
Every other issue also comes with a pull-out booklet Diary of Events |
346 |
| Book reviews |
353 |
Parting shot
A massive green roof in Japan |
356 |
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