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The gardens at Great Dixter: How Christopher Lloyd's labour of love lives on
The swashbuckling dahlias still thrill in the late, great Christopher Lloyd's at Great Dixter — in Northiam, East Sussex — but Mary Keen, a lifelong friend of this incomparable spot, is equally impressed with how the garden has evolved in the care of Fergus Garrett.
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The garden at Blackland House: A tulip-filled sanctuary that shines as bright in Autumn as it does in Spring
The garden at Blackland House, Calne, Wiltshire — the home of Mr and Mrs Ed Nicholson — is famous for its spring bulbs, but really comes into its own in autumn with its crisp underpinning of geometric forms, says Mary Keen. Photographs by Britt Willoughby Dyer.
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Wildflower meadows are the most labour-intensive gardening you'll ever do — but they're also the most rewarding
Gardener and writer Mary Keen shares her thoughts on gardening's answer to herding cats: trying to get a wildflower meadow to behave.
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Mary Keen: How to make a garden pond that's perfect for swimming
Gardening writer Mary Keen shares expert tips for minimising the algae and maximising the fun.
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Mary Keen: The narcissi you cannot do without
Gardener and writer Mary Keen discusses her love of the smaller, more fragrant daffodil and the varieties to plant in your garden.
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Eythrope's extraordinary snowdrops, and more winter treasures galore
Nowhere else can gardeners see rare named snowdrops growing in such measureless drifts as in the Rothschilds’ private garden at Eythrope in Buckinghamshire, finds Mary Keen. Photographs by Clive Nichols.
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Mary Keen: The secrets of vertical gardening
Gardener and author Mary Keen on why you should think up to make the most of your garden.
