Research

Naturalistic planting: the wild garden

Over the years, different approaches to the naturalistic 'wild garden' concept have come into fashion. Currently, it is the meadow garden and prairie plantings that are of great interest. Work at Wisley seeks to determine the plants best suited to this approach, and the best ways of establishing and maintaining them.

Prairie grasses

Gardening with grasses

British native trees and larger shrubs

Sowing wildflower meadows

Maintaining wildflower meadows

Further reading

This is just one topic covered by the Society's monthly journal for members, The Garden, and recent articles of interest are listed below.

Ardle, J & S Higgens. 1997, October. Designing for the new millennium. The Garden (RHS) 122(10): 738-741.

Dunnett, N. 1999, March. Annuals on the loose. The Garden (RHS) 124(3): 168-171.

Hodgson, I. 1998, June. Perennial meadows. The Garden (RHS) 123(6): 404-407.

Jones, L. 1999, July. Letting the grass grow. The Garden (RHS) 124(7): 508-513.

Kingsbury, N. 1996, May. Putting plants first. The Garden (RHS) 121(5): 292-295. Describes the influential work of Piet Oudolf.

Kingsbury, N. & B. von Schoenaich. 1995, June. Learning from nature. The Garden (RHS) 120(6): 366-369.

Way, D. 1999, June. Playing with nature. The Garden (RHS) 124(6): 426-431.

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