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AUTUMN ISSUE 2013
Well, talk about ‘Here Comes the Sun’ in our Summer Issue - we certainly saw the sunshine this year. Now it’s the start of autumn and I don’t know about you, but I am dreading my water bill. I have been watering the garden constantly and it is still bone dry. I’m hoping that we get some great autumn colour this year. Gary Rogers certainly did when he took his fantastic photographs of Karl Foerster’s garden near Potsdam in Germany. Not to miss out on all the wonderful wild produce there is in and around our gardens, we go foraging for berries and fungi and illustrate our rich pickings with stunning paintings and photographs. We travel further afield to explore Jardin Majorelle in Morocco, a garden rescued in the nick of time from disrepair by couturier Yves St Laurent and artist Pierre Bergé. We check out the dreamiest of hotels to stay in the city, in the mountains and the desert, and we cook up a Mediterranean Mezze of recipes with produce from the garden. Talking of produce, we visit Prieuré Notre-Dame d’Orsan a garden close to my heart that I first visited some 15 years ago. It just gets better and better, especially in autumn when there is an abundance of fruits and vegetables that are served fresh from the garden to the hotel guests. Georgie Steeds uses fruit, veg and flowers in a different way, giving us some glorious ideas for autumnal table arrangements. We drop in on Andrew Lawson, one of the UK’s best-known garden photographers, who kindly selected six of his favourite garden images; you can view and listen to the interview on our YouTube Channel. Liz Eddison visits Whichford pottery to find out just how they throw those magnificent pots, but she laughed so much after having a go that she decided it’s better left to the experts. Visit our YouTube Channel to see how the professional potters do it on a wheel! David Sarton, a professional garden photographer and garden designer, takes us through the build-up to the glorious woodland garden he created at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in memory of a friend, also a garden photographer, who died from leukaemia last year. We check out some handy hand tools and take a look at the vast array of cone flowers that are available to bring colour to our gardens today. A final note: I am taking a step back from editing and designing the magazine. It has been a wonderful experience and now I am passing on the reins so that I can concentrate on other aspects of my work. I will still be lurking in the background, but not quite so full-on. Right now I’m off to photograph some of my own favourite gardens and hope to capture those glorious autumn tints in time for next year’s autumn issue. Enjoy.... Derek St Romaine Editor
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Derek St Romaine Art student; Designer; Art director; Food photographer; Garden photographer and owner of Garden Photo Library Favourite Plant Any blossom in spring and Chasmanthium latifolium in autumn Favourite Garden Villandry, an architectural tapestry of fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers Horticultural Heaven Growing fruit and vegetables in my ornamental potager, the one place where I can totally relax without a camera
Adam Stevens Film student, Video maker, Nurseryman, Horticultural student, Picture researcher, Picture editor, Freelancer Favourite plant Hawthorn Horticultural Heaven Plants and grasses backlit by the sun and blackberry picking Favourite Place The Malvern Hills Favourite Garden Las Pozas (“the Pools”) was created by Edward James, in a subtropical rainforest in the mountains of Mexico just outside the town of Xilitla
Liz Eddison Photographer; Owner of www.garden-collection.com; Closet writer and cakeaholic! Favourite Plant Buxus topiary, ferns, grasses and far too many flowers to mention Favourite Garden Prieuré NotreDame d’Orsan, France Favourite Place Anywhere with an ocean view Horticultural Heaven Watching the sun come up over a beautiful garden
Gary Rogers Born NewZealand, Musician; Fireman, Photographer - fashion, travel, theatre, gardens Favorite Garden; St Jean de Beauregard south of Paris Favorite plant; Probably the rose although I find grasses great also Favorite place; Chatsworth and the surrounding countryside and my valley in Norway Horticultural Heaven; To spend a day photographing, with perfect light, from dawn to dusk in my favorite garden
Pamela Westland Journalist; National magazine editor; Author of over 100 books, many on plants and gardens; Photographers’ stylist; Permanent student Favourite Plant Hellebores in all their majestic and alluring shades. Goodbye, dull winter! Favourite Place Paleo Parithia on Corfu where the ruins of abandoned stone houses are scattered among fields of wild orchids Horticultural Heaven A monasterystyle garden where the herbs fire up all the senses
Sam Eddison Photographer; Producer; Sound Engineer; Graphic Designer; co-founded one of the top genre picture agencies in the UK. Sam had two photographs shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010. Work includes portraiture, fashion, editorial, reportage and private commissions. Favourite Garden Kew Favourite Plant Wisteria Horticultural Heaven Picking my fresh herbs
Andrew Lawson Photographer and painter Favourite garden My own in Charlbury, not because it’s the best, but it’s the one I’m most devoted to Favourite plant Eryngium alpinum. Another day it might be Stipa gigantea Favourite Place North Devon coast Horticultural Heaven Ninfa in Italy; the most romantic of gardens, with wonderful plants too
Ulrich Timm German garden designer and garden editor of books and magazines Favourite Plant Japanese Maple Favourite Garden The mood of the old nursery Arends -Maubach, Wuppertal-Ronsdorf and always modern garden design Favourite Place Swimming at the lake “Heiliger See” in the New Garden with the view to the Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany Horticultural Heaven A natural flowery meadow with Ivy-leaved Cyclamen under a pine tree
Who Made it Happen in Our Autumn Issue?
Dawn St Romaine Secretary; BOAC Airline Stewardess; Antiques dealer; Photograper’s assistant; Photo stylist; Food stylist; Gardener. Favourite Garden A small walled garden in Long Melford, Suffolk Favourite Plant Orlaya grandiflora and Agapanthus Favourite Place Aptera, an ancient site in Crete near Souda, where in spring, you can walk waist high through carpets of wild flowers as far as one can see
Georgie Steeds Photographer; Vintage Jewellery seller; Miniature Flower Maker Favourite Plant Anything that is flowering at the time Favourite Garden Can’t pick a favourite Favourite Place The annual huge antiques fair in Lille, Le Braderie Horticultural Heaven A garden by an Italian lake with terraces and topiary
David Winnard Photographer; Mad forager; Lover of all things fungal; Natural history is my mistress Favourite Plant Spring gentian, favourite fungus is Cobalt Crust Favourite Garden being in a garden filled with native British species Favourite Place Outer Hebrides Horicultural Heaven My grandma’s old garden, was filled with all sorts to tease the senses
Barbara Segall Grows herbs, fruit, veg that are beautiful to look at and delicious to eat, as well as scented and ornamental flowers. She edits, writes, thinks and dreams about gardens, gardeners and plants - she does also garden! Favourite Garden Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town Favourite Plant Basil Favourite Place Venice Horticultural Heaven The Plantings in the 2012 London Olympic Park
Laura Nixon Marilyn Monroe & Amy Winehouse Impersonator/Actress; Singer; Model; Entertainer; Writer; I first started impersonating Marilyn at 16. I saw a Marilyn impersonator at a show, she wiggled on and the room fell silent. She sang “I wanna be loved by you” the audience went crazy. I knew that’s what I wanted to do Favourite Garden Japanese style Favouite Plant Orchid Favourite Place Brighton Horticultural Heaven A full greenhouse in spring
David Sarton Garden photographer and designer Favourite Garden There are so many, but I always like going back to RHS Wisley Favourite Plant Penstemons Favourite Place In a wood somewhere - so relaxing any time of the year - or up a mountain in the Alps Horticultural Heaven To be surrounded by plants and trees; living off the land; not being able to see any sign of modern-day life and no phone, just a film camera.
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CONTENTS
PEOPLE 89 Andrew Lawson - Favourite Images A top garden photographer gives us a behind-the-lens account 121 The Pot Makers See how they’ve been throwing them at Whichford for years GARDEN 8 Karl Foerster’s Garden - A Dream Come True Perennials and grasses have never, ever looked more ravishing 34 A Garden For All Seasons The camera angle doesn’t change but wow! how the garden does! 40 Jardin Majorelle - A Jewel in Morocco’s Crown It’s a shimmering, vibrant and exciting oasis in this magical city 74 Prieuré Notre-Dame d’Orsan - Berry’s Hidden Secret The season of mellow fruitfulness in a restored monastery garden 135 Athanasia - A Garden for Emma A woodland show garden created in memory of a friend EXPLORE 52 Moroccan Hotels with Gardens Feel like getting away from it all? Here’s your escape route! COLOUR 102 Red is for Apple! And Attitude. Our photographers have some hot takes on the subject OUTSIDE IN 20 Harvest Home Talk about putting on the style! Bet you can’t wait to set the table
Photo: Sea Oats Chasmanthium latifolium Derek St Romaine/Garden Photo Library
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FLORA 146 Echinacea - Coneflowers These brightest of all daisies are certainly no shrinking violets! GROW YOUR OWN KITCHEN 62 Mediterranean Mezze Having friends round? Can’t do with hassle? Then make it mezze 71 Moroccan Orange & Almond Cake It’s rich. It’s gooey. And as you’d expect, it’s very Moor-ish 120 Stuffed Mushrooms Life’s too short to miss out on a recipe as tasty as this SPEND 61 Souk Explore the on-line ‘souk alleys’ for in-the-mood furnishings 106 How would you like it Cut Secateurs and shears that are right at the cutting edge FORAGE 18 The Art of Foraging Hedgerow hunting that captures the essence of autumn 114 A Garden Fungi Forage Now’s the time to go mushrooming; closer to home than you think PICTURE THIS 72 Courting Cranes Dancing just for the love of it, and all on a misty morning 144 Know Your Onions Which of all these so-different varieties will really do it for you?
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OUTSIDE IN
Main picture. A vintage fan vase (a charity shop find) is piled high with apples on one side, an arrangement of autumn flowers, crab apples and wheat on the other.
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Harvest Home
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GARDEN
Prieuré Notre -Dame
d’Orsan
Berry’s Hidden Secret Oh, to be in this one-time-monastery garden now that autumn’s here! With tempting orchard fruits hanging like lanterns; a gold-rush of pumpkins, some even engraved; a herb garden with close medieval associations; architectural structures of living plants, and inspirational works of rustic art, this faithfully restored garden combines monastic tradition with mellow fruitfulness. Photography, Liz eddison & Derek St Romaine. Words, Pamela Westland. 74 garden*life*love AUTUMN 2013
Prieuré Notre-Dame d’Orsan Berry’s Hidden Secret
Top. In the cloister garden, a tranquil walkway of hornbeam arches surrounds a central fountain and four square beds planted with vines. Above. Facing the stone fountain on all four sides, quince trees (Cydonia oblonga) are trained around half-moon-shaped woven bench seats made from coppiced hazel. AUTUMN 2013 garden*life*love 75
How would you like it Cut! Snipity-snip and as the saying goes – ‘Anything for the weekend!’ We take a look at some of the finest secateurs and hand shears available for giving your plants a short back and sides or the special topiary treatments they deserve this autumn. Photography: Sam Eddison, Model: Laura Nixon, Art Direction: Adam Stevens.
Right. Burgon & Ball – Single-handed topiary shears, professional soft squeeze Large £27.95 www.burgonandball.com Great for shearing your sheep or trimming your topiary 12 garden*life*love AUTUMN 2013
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A Garden Fungi Forage
Left. Redlead Roundhead Stropharia aurantiaca Above. Hare’s-foot Inkcap Coprinus lagopus
Redlead Roundhead (Stropharia aurantiaca) This mushroom is in the same family as the Blue Roundhead and occurs in the same habitat. It has spread like wild fire as wood chippings have been used more and more in gardens. It used to be a predominately southern species whereas now it occurs over much of the UK. Hare’s-foot Inkcap (Coprinus lagopus) Getting its name from the downy fur on the cap,
like a hare’s foot, this is another species to recognise that is becoming more and more common in the garden, fruiting from spring through to autumn during the hot, wet periods. What is remarkable about these furry mushrooms is that you can almost watch them grow. They appear in the morning and can be totally gone over by the late afternoon. You can find the small caps on woodchips in the morning and the skeletons of the mushrooms later in the day. AUTUMN 2013 garden*life*love 117
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