Naturalistic garden

Continuing her series on designers' gardens, this month Clare Foster visits the Dutch garden of Piet Oudolf, the hub of his experimentation with plants for more than 30 years

Starting a new garden from scratch can be daunting, but it’s also a fantastic opportunity to create exactly what you want. The vision I had for my new garden (two […]

In gardening, wild may be the word of the moment but it is a loaded term—because what is wild? Any element of interference, management, or design suggests

When planting a naturalistic garden, is having more plants always better? "New Naturalism" author Kelly Norris says “yes.”

It’s about setting aside our desire for control to instead work in partnership with nature. This is essentially the guiding principle behind the naturalistic garden, a plant-driven approach to landscape design that has been around in one form or another since Englishman William Robinson first published his first edition of The Wild Garden in 1870.

Beautiful and great for wildlife, a naturalistic planting design can look wonderful year round and suits many styles and sizes of backyard

She won Olympic acclaim, and gold at Chelsea, with her naturalistic planting. Now Sarah Price explains how to achieve the effect at home.

As you design with a layered approach, it helps to have a sense of what your options are. Learn more about layered-style gardens here.

An antique urn is a focal point in the garden. For more inspiration, see Landscaping: 8 Ideas to Add Antiques Artfully to Any Garden.