RHS Journals
The Garden
October 2007
Volume 132; Part 10
By clicking on the links below you can either access a sample feature from The Garden, the RHS magazine, or additional information from that feature.
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A picturesque view framed in a round clairvoie designed by Jessica Duncan. (pp654-659)
Image: Marianne Majerus |
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| News |
647 |
| Letters |
651 |
Garden talk
Ursula Buchan wonders whether October is the new September, Sandra Slack champions home-saved heritage veg seed, and John MacLeod considers the science behind seed-raising |
652 |
Cover Story: Creating views and vistas
Exploring how to find and use focal points to best advantage, thereby maximising your garden’s potential
RICHARD SNEESBY |
654 |
Wrap it up!
Forget burger buns, in Korea, salad leaves are used to wrap up food, a technique that can be tried here to make tasty parcels of fusion cooking
SALLY CHARRETT |
660 |
Simply be cos
A look at the recent RHS trial of cos lettuce, an ever-popular salad staple, held at RHS Garden Wisley
ANNA STANKIEWICZ |
664 |
Cover Story: The Great Storm
Putting the changes wreaked by 1987’s Great Storm into context 20 years on
STEPHEN ANDERTON |
666 |
To new heights
Examining how the challenge of designing a garden in north London on a steep slope was met
CHRIS YOUNG |
670 |
In praise of painted ladies
Increasingly available, Japanese painted ferns display a range of leaf patterns and make fine garden plants
PHIL CLAYTON |
676 |
Up the apples and pears
The last in the taste series describes how the panel of tasters reacted to a range of distinctive apples and pears
CHRISTINE MCFADDEN |
678 |
Iced pineapple
Bromeliads are normally thought of as tropical plants, but there are some well worth trying outdoors in many parts of Britain
PAUL SPRACKLIN |
682 |
Nurseries to visit
Marchants Hardy Plants, East Sussex
ROY LANCASTER
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686 |
Viewpoint
The virtues of autumn planting
LIN HAWTHORNE
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690 |
RHS Advice
Expert advice on jobs and information for the month |
692 |
Gardens to visit
A selection of gardens around Britain to see this month (download as a pdf 491KB)
Every other issue also comes with a pull-out booklet Diary of Events
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698 |
| Book reviews |
703 |
Parting shot
Late-Victorian dress codes at Kew Gardens
VANESSA BERRIDGE |
704 |
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