How My Garden Grows

The gardener keeping Derek Jarman's visionary patch of shingle at Prospect Cottage alive

The artist, filmmaker and gay activist Derek Jarman only gardened at Prospect Cottage for eight years before his death in 1994. His partner Keith Collins kept Derek’s vis

Columbine Hall: a remarkable island garden on an ancient moated estate in Suffolk

Columbine Hall is the home of newspaper publisher Hew Stevenson. He and his late wife first saw a very different sight in November 1992: a concrete farmyard covered in mu

Revist: Andrew Salter's riotous, rule-breaking garden in rural Kent

Although many gardens we visit merit a second look, we couldn’t wait to go back and see how Andrew Salter’s garden was growing this summer. He bravely welcomed us in dark

An expert grower of auriculas explains their history and heart-stopping appeal

Once museum curator and now textile artist, Jane-Ann Walton has a particular passion for auriculas. Originally tiny alpine mountain plants, auriculas made their way to th

How My Garden Grows: Off the beaten track in Great Dixter, one of Britain’s best-loved gardens

Great Dixter’s garden has got to be one the most famous in the country, so it was with great difficulty that the podcast team dragged itself away from its stunning border

The autobiographical gardens of 'chicken boy' Arthur Parkinson

During what seems an interminable wait for spring, we travel to Nottingham to meet the writer and gardener Arthur Parkinson, one of the most influential young gardeners i

Granby Winter Garden – an inspirational community garden saved from demolition

For the fourth episode of the How My Garden Grows podcast we travel to Toxteth in Liverpool, to visit a community that has valiantly fought to defeat bureaucracy, demolit

Andrew Salter's magical Japanese-inspired conifer garden

For our latest podcast episode of How My Garden Grows, Francine Raymond visits Andrew Salter's magical Japanese-inspired conifer garden deep in the Kent countryside. It's

Autumn's glut is turned into garlands and greengage Martinis

In the latest episode of our podcast, How My Garden Grows, Francine Raymond takes us on on tour of her own garden as the season turns. The year has been extraordinarily b

A pint-sized coastal plot thickly cloaked in climbers

Welcome to the first instalment of our new gardening series, How My Garden Grows, hosted by lifelong gardener and journalist Francine Raymond. "I have visited hundreds of