The English Garden

Enjoy over 60 beautiful gardens a year with The English Garden. Every issue features country, city, cottage and coastal gardens, with advice on how to recreate them. Be inspired by articles written by the country's top garden designers and discover the best plant varieties for your garden, chosen by expert nurserymen and plantspeople.

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This Month • Our guide to plants, people, gardens and events, tasks and shopping in November

People to Meet • Introducing the gardeners and public figures we most admire in British horticulture

Out & About • Unmissable events, news and the very best gardens to visit this month

Things to Do • In November Jane Moore is gathering up fallen leaves, giving the lawn a little attention and making sure her resident blue tits are well fed for winter

Beautiful & Useful • New plants, books, tools and creative designs, plus shopping inspiration

Shining Examples • The garden is a magical space to be in winter, especially when you enhance it with lighting. Weave twinkly string lights through the bare branches of birch, frame views with elegant brass wall lights or try small tealight holders on tables to set a relaxed, serene tone. The cold never looked so inviting. Small indoor & outdoor LED star light, £39.99. lights4fun.co.uk

Garden Storage • Natasha Goodfellow selects six of the best outdoor storage options for garden paraphernalia that are stylish enough to work as a feature in their own right

A Class ACT • At Twyford House in West Sussex, retired teacher Jenny Whitmore sees her plants as her pupils, nurturing them as individuals and skilfully uniting them in a dazzling display of creativity and finesse

SEE THE LIGHT • Illuminated by the autumn sun, the special trees and throngs of jewel-like dahlias and salvias make the garden at Great Comp in Kent a true spectacle

Golden HOURS • Late autumn is a special time of year at The Old Vicarage in Wormingford, where Jeremy Allen has retained a backdrop of superb mature trees, complementing them with dazzling new beech, walnut and tulip trees to add to the glowing display

In the BLOOD • Generations of the Cox family have been dedicated horticulturists, and garden photographer Ray Cox is the latest to inherit this passion for plants, which he’s brought to life in his own foliage-filled garden at Pitlowie House in Perthshire

Second SHOW • On a shoestring budget, John and Lorna Howell work the wonderful woodland gardens of Lukesland in Devon to coax from them an autumn display of colour after the springtime spectacular put on by a collection of rhododendrons and azaleas

FULL FOCUS • At the heart of any well-designed garden is a focal point. Learn how to position and make the most of these features with guidance from designer Alasdair Cameron

By Design • For an intentionally stylish and elegant garden, consider these ten trusted plants chosen by veteran designer Andrew Duff to add pizazz to any setting

Fire Crackers • Liquidambars are compact, attractive and aromatic trees that earn their place at any time of year, but they really come into their own when they light up the autumn garden with their blazing leaf colour

FAMILY TREES • Andrew Beale is following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps as he develops the Beale Arboretum at West Lodge Park Hotel near Enfield, expanding its already impressive collection of trees

MAKING THE CUT • Structure is one of the most important ingredients of the winter garden, so keep yours looking sharp by tackling the seemingly daunting task of renovation pruning. Chris Gaskin of Montacute House has expert advice

Metal Head • From his forge in Dorset, British blacksmith Alex Pole combines...