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The Garden
February 2007
Volume 132; Part 2

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COVER
The front cover of the February 2007 issue of The Garden

Galanthus x valentinei with Euphorbia myrsinites as a backdrop sustains winter interest (see pp86-91)
Image: S & O Mathews

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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