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Hortus 141 (Spring 2022)
‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No. 9: The Swallo (Hirundo rustica); Alison Sparshatt: ‘Red Alert’; John Akeroyd: ‘The Glory of Bluebells’; Sukie Amory: ‘Trilliums: From Wake-robin to Stinking Willie’; Rod Madocks: ‘The Dreaming Earth: A Glimpse of a Writer’s Garden in Spring’; Tony Hufton: ‘Crowdourcing Snowdrops: Saintly Community Gardening in a Norwich Churchyard’; Peter Dale: ‘Our Garden Colours: Pink’; Marta McDowell: ‘Father of his Profession: Frederick Law Olmsted: A Two-Hundredth Anniversary Salute’; Naman Chaudhary: ‘Night and Day: Pai Bagh, a Garden near Delhi’; Charles Elliott: ‘Destruction’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Glass’; Book Reviews: Sophie Piebenga on Gardens Under Big Skies: Reimagining Outdoor Space the Dutch Way by Noel Kingsbury; Tim Longville on In the Garden: Essays on Nature by various and Growing and Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit; . Index to HORTUS issues 137–140 (2021). Front Cover: Bluebells in a Favourtie Jug (oil on board by Andrew Douglas-Forbes, a Hortus commission).

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No. 10: The Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocarpus major)’; Alison Sparshatt: ‘Haptic Herbs’; Ambra Edwards: ‘Grounded and Content: Tom Coward at Gravetye Manor’; Katie Campbell: ‘Things Are Looking Up: New Roof Gardens in the City of London’; Catherine Beale: ‘In Pursuit of Individuality: Perrycroft, Herefordshire’; Peter Dale: ‘Our Garden Colours: Silver & Gold’; Charles Nelson: ‘Threnody for a Chestnut Tree: Shadow’s Indian Horse Chestnut’; Patricia Cleveland-Peck: ‘The Warden Pear’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: The Red Wall’; Book Reviews: John West on RHS Roses: An Inspirational Guide to Choosing and Growing the Best Roses by Michael Marriott; Patricia Cleveland-Peck on The Plant Hunter’s Atlas: A World Tour of Botanical Adventures, Chance Discoveries and Strange Specimens by Ambra Edwards; Tim Longville on English Garden Eccentrics: Three Hundred Years of Extraordinary Groves, Burrowings, Mountains and Menageries by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan; Katie Campbell on The Doctor’s Garden: Medicine, Science and Horticulture by Clare Hickman; Rosemary Lindsay on Lucian Freud Herbarium by Giovanni Aloi; The Editor’s Occasional Book Bag: The Tree Experts: A History of Professional Arboriculture in Britain by Mark Johnston; The Story of Trees and How They Changed the Way We Live by Kevin Hobbs and David West; A Tree a Day by Amy-Jane Beer; Lilacs: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden by Naomi Slade and photographer Georgianna Lane; The Eighth Wonder of the World (Exbury Gardens Ltd, 2021) by Lionel de Rothschild (b. 1955) and Francesca Murray Rowlins; Borde Hill Garden: A Plant Hunter’s Paradise by Vanessa Berridge; The View from Federal Twist subtitled as ‘A New Way of Thinking About Gardens, Nature and Ourselves’ by James Golden; Gardens in My Life by Arabella Lennox-Boyd; Plants & Us: How They Shape Human History and Society by John Akeroyd (with Donough O’Brien and Liz Cowley; The Jungle Garden subtitled as ‘Taking the Houseplant Look Outside’ by Philip Oostenbrink; Front Cover: Summer’s Violet Perfume by Catherine Hyde.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No. 11: The European Goldfinch’; Alison Sparshatt: ‘Sky Fall’; Peter Dale: ‘Our Garden Colours: Purple, Violet & Mauve’; Rod Madocks: ‘In Search of the Miraculous: A Winter’s Garden in Autumn’; Jane Powers: ‘Despite the Wind…Despite the Rain…Some Gardens of South-West Ireland’; Patricia Cleveland-Peck: ‘Tall, Attractive, Remote, Dignified, Clever and possibly Shy: Eleanour Sinclair Rohde’; Dale Headington: ‘Before Ninfa: The English Duchess at Fogliano’; Katie Campbell: ‘Indeed Surreal: Salvador Dali’s Sacro Bosco’; Tony Hufton: ‘A Nice Dish of Apples: A Novice Tries his Luck Among the Gods’; Rosemary Lindsay: ‘Gone but not Forgotten: A few First-Class Recently-Departed Plant Nurseries’; Charles Elliott: ‘My Many Gardens’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Rattling On’; Book Reviews: Charles Nelson on Charles Frederick Ball: From Dublin’s Botanic Gardens to the Killing Fields of Gallipoli by Brian Willan; Naman Chaudhary on Constance Villiers Stuart: In Pursuit of Paradise by Mary Ann Price. The Editor’s Occasional Book Bag: RHS Garden Bridgewater: The Making of a Garden by Phil McCann; The Seasonal Gardener by Anna Pavord; Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori; Modern Japanese Ikebana: Elegant Flower Arrangements for Your Home by Shinichi Nagatsuka. Front Cover: Blackberry Wine by Jackie Morris (watercolour and gold leaf, a Hortus commission).

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No. 12: The Jackdaw; Alison Sparshatt: ‘Coda’; Marion Mako: ‘It’s All About the Views: Arts & Crafts Houses and Gardens of the English Lake District’; Rod Madocks: ‘The Surviving Heart: A Writer’s Garden in Winter’; Patricia Cleveland-Peck: ‘Bougainvillea’s Hidden Story’; Peter Dale: ‘Our Garden Colours: Ochre & Orange’; Charles Nelson: ‘Disdainment of Dandelions’; Caspar Giorgio Williams: ‘Between the Venetian Laguna and Heaven: Il Giardino di Palazzo Soranzo Cappello, Venice’; Martin Leigh: ‘Gardening Drreams’; John West: ‘A Garden of Memories – and Roses’; Trevor Nottle: ‘In the Rear-View Mirror: A Short History of Gardening in Australia’; Charles Elliott: ‘Ruskin and Proserpina’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Digging for Victory’; Book Reviews: Catherine Beale on The Ornamental Wilderness in the English Garden by James Bartos; Sukie Amory on The View From Federal Twist: A New Way of Thinking About Gardens, Nature and Ourselves by James Golden.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No. 13: The Spotted Flycatcher’; Matt Collins: ‘The Making of a Dry Garden’; Trevor Nicholson: ‘Transformation: John Sales and the Himalayan Garden at Harewood’; Rod Madocks: ‘White Fritillary: The Fulcrum in Spring’; Thomas Rutter:’ Walking a Tuscan Forest in Spring’; Charles Hulbert-Powell: ‘Diversely Useful, Decorative and Highly Desirable: The Black Walnut’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden, 1: Sound’; Dale Headington: ‘Indications of Spring: And Other Thoughts in a Garden’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewelllyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Tree Surgery’; Book Reviews: Peter Parker on Versed in Living Nature: Wordsworth’s Trees by Peter Dale and Brandon C. Yen; Catherine Beale on Mounton House: The Birth and Rebirth of an Edwardian Country House by Helena Gerrish; Christopher Woodward on Rescue and Revival: New York Botanical Garden 1989-2018 by Gregory Long; Index to HORTUS issues 141–144 (2022). Front Cover: Spring! Wood engraving by Phoebe Connolly.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No. 14: The Chaffinch; Catherine Beale: ‘Top Tippng: High Glanau, Monmouthshire’; Katie Campbell: ‘All Power to the Garden: Battersea Power Station Park’; Rod Madocks: ‘Summer Like a Stranger Comes: A Writer’s Garden in the Warm Season’; Claire Margetts: ‘An Uprising in Colour: From Sissinghurst to Giverny – And Back Again’; Angelica Gray: ‘Granny and the Curé: The Other French Garden Style’; Rosie Irving and Michael Marriott: ‘Jottings from Joshua: Joshua Tree National Park’; Patricia Cleveland-Peck: ‘The Garden of The Moon: Jo-juin, Kyoto, Japan’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden. II: Scent’; Sukie Amory: ‘From Orphan to Leading Light: Mountain Mint’; Clark Lawrence: ‘An Italian Garden: and that English Word’; Andrew Douglas-Forbes: ‘From the Cover-Artist’s Garden Sketchbook’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the (New) Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Psychohomeopathy’; Book Reviews: John Akeroyd on Wild Edens: The History and Habitat of Our Most-Loved Garden Plants by Toby Musgrave and Chris Gardner; Rosemary Lindsay on The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 1/2 Front Gardens by Ben Dark; Front Cover: Queen of Sweden rose in a Swansea Jug by Andrew Douglas-Forbes. A HORTUS commission.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 15: The Tawny Owl; Trevor Nicholson: ‘East Comes West: Woody Asiatic Plants at Harewood’s Himalayan Garden’; Malcolm Allison: ‘A Rich Tradition: A Spotlight on Chrysanthemums – Again’; Ben Probert: ‘In Praise of Older Plants: Cherished Familiars Not Forgotten’; Naoko Abe: ‘The Matsumae Cherry Blossoms: The World’s Foremost Cherry Creator’; Angelica Gray: ‘Granny and the Curé: The Other French Garden Style. Part II’; Paul Crask: ‘Not Just Flowers: Rediscovering the Island Gardens of Dominica’; Naman Chaudhary: ‘The Flowers of the Moon: The Night Garden of Northern India’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden. III. Touch’; Rod Madocks: ‘The Seventh Sense: Ghosts in the Autumn Garden’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the (New) Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Governance’; Book Reviews: Katie Campbell on Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice Vincent; Charles Nelson on A Fenland Garden. Creating a Haven for People, Plants and Wildlife by Francis Pryor; John Akeroyd on What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological and Cultural History of Seeds by Jennifer Jewell; Rosemary Lindsay on A Garden From a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton; Front Cover: Hawthorn. Egg tempera on birch panel by Lil Tudor-Craig.

'Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 16: The Goldcrest’; Sukie Amory, Kathryn Bradley-Hole, Kirsty Fergusson, Lorraine Harrison, Christopher Hutt, Rosemary Lindsay, Michael Marriott, Richard Moore, Jane Powers, Thomas Rutter: ‘A Day in My Garden in Winter’; Matt Collins: ‘No More Amelanchiers, Please: Seeking a Rival to the Perfect Small Garden’; Martin Leigh: ‘Drilled Polish: John Massey and the People Who Made Ashwood Nurseries’; Tony Hufton: ‘Beyond the Box Moth’; Rod Madocks: ‘Celebrating the Ruins: Shape and Space in the Winter Garden’; Adam Heppinstall: ‘Celestial Repose or Hard Labour? A Gardener’s Leap of Faith in the Dordogne’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden. IV: Taste’; Barbara Paca: ‘Green Clothes the Earth in Tranquillity: Frank Walter’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the (New) Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Sculpture Conscious’; Book Review: John Akeroyd on Medlars: Growing and Cooking by Jane Steward; Front Cover: Hellebores by David Suff.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 16: The Pied Wagtail; Lilee Cathcart: ‘A Green Field in My Heart’; Ben Probert: ‘Revolution’; Richard Claxton: ‘The Bricks of Sissinghurst’; Adam Heppinstall: ‘Jardinage de Noel’; Judith B Tankard: ‘Personal Memories of Munstead Wood’; Patricia Cleveland-Peck: ‘By Plants United: Jean Rasmussen, Plant Hunter’; Naman Chaudhary: ‘A Garden of Desire: Horticulture in the Kamasutra’; Marta McDowell: ‘Mean Green Mother from Outer Space: Plants and Gardens in Science Fiction; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Pond Life’; Book Reviews: Catherine Beale on England’s Gardens: A Modern History by Stephen Parker; Brent Elliott on Conversations in Garden History: New Research, New Ideas, New Approaches edited by Pippa Potts (London, Birkbeck Garden History Group); Patrick Bogue on Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows by Ruth Scurr; Becky Tipper on Botanical Short Stories: Contemporary Writing About Plants and Flowers edited by Emma Timpamy (The History Press); The Editor’s Occasional Book Bag: To Stand and Stare: How to Garden While Doing Next to Nothing by Anthony Timothy O’Brien; The Essential Tree Selection Guide by Henrik Sjöman and Arit Anderson; Arboretum by Tony Kirkham and illustrated by Katie Scott; Rare Trees: The Fascinating Stories of the World’s Most Threatened Species by Sara Oldfield and Malin Rivers; Uprooting by Marchelle Farrell; The Star-Nosed Mole by Isabel Bannerman; ; Index to HORTUS issues 145–148 (2023). Front Cover: Hyacinth and Hellebore in Yellow Jug, Oil on Panel by Emily Patrick.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 18 The Cuckoo; Stephen Lacey: ‘A Swirling Soup: A Four-Decade Backwards Glance’; Anna Pavord: ‘Looking Back’; Ben Probert: ‘Gardening Through the HORTUS Years’; Rod Madocks: ‘Year of the Rabbit’; Sukie Amory: ‘Looking Back from Across the Pond’; Martin Leigh: ‘A Taste for the New and Beautiful: Maurice Foster and the Treasures of White House Farm’; Peter Parker: ‘Remembered and Celebrated: Alice M. Coats, 1905-78’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden. v:Sight’; Emma Inglis: ‘Grave Business’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: A Palace or Two’; Book Reviews: John Grimshaw on The Hydrangea: A Reappraisal by Maurice Foster; Barbara Segall on The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing; Brent Elliott on Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life by Jason Roberts; Rosemary Lindsay on Shirley: The Life of a Botanical Adventurer by Shirley Sherwood with Ivan Fallon; Patricia Cleveland-Peck on Gardening Can Be Miurder: How Posionous Poppies, Sinister Shovels and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell; Front Cover: Upland. A Bird’s Eye View. Ink drawing by
Simon Dorrell.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 19: The Coal Tit’; Kirsty Fergusson: ‘Gardening on the Edge: New Planting on St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall’; Paula Deitz: ‘Project Giving Back: ‘The Size of Wales Garden, from Chelsea to the Treborth Botanic Garden’; Martin Stott: ‘The Man Who Grew Too Much: Henry Vessey Machin’; Patricia Cleveland-Peck: ‘La Foce: The Garden as a Work of Art’; Bob Askew: ‘On and Off the Stage: Some New and Developing Ornamental Trees’; Bethan Charles: ‘Clematis Myths: Where Do They Come From and Will They Ever Disappear?’; Judy Kravis: ‘This Patch on the Hill…With a View to Perpetuity’; Soham Kacker: ‘Indian Gardens: An Oxford Student Reflects on the Gardens of Home’; Edward Flint: ‘My Autumn Garden’; Ben Probert: ‘Invasive? Moi?’; Rod Madocks: ‘On Standing and Staring in the Garden’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: The Heart of the Labyrinth’; Book Reviews: John Akeroyd on The Accidental Garden: Gardens, Wilderness and the Space in Between by Richard Mabey; Malcolm Allison on Chrysanthemums: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden by Naomi Slade; Peter Dale on Behind the Privet Hedge: Richard Sudell, The Suburban Garden and the Beautification of Britain by Michael Gilson; Front Cover: Autumn’s Bronze Perfume (acrylic on canvas with copper leaf) by Catherine Hyde.

Remembering Diana Ross (1938-2024): Tributes by David Wheeler, Rosemary Lindsay, Tom Stuart-Smith, Christopher Woodward and Veronica Horwell; ‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 20: The Dunnock’; Claire Margetts: ‘Prickly Heat or Wet Feet? Planting Sicilian Opuntia on the Isle of Wight’; Richard Claxton: ‘With Much to Teach Us: Some Plants in the Royal College of Physicians’ Garden’; Lorraine Harrison: ‘A Brief Curatorship: Farewell Marchants Hardy Plants’; Tom Oliver: ‘William Dean and the Hortus Croomensis Bi-Centenary: Celebrations at Croome Park’; Adam Heppinstall: ‘Devon and Dordogne: The Horticultural Adventures Continue’; Tony Hufton: ‘A Walk with Fruit: Foraging (and Scrumping) On Foot from Norwich to Rome. Part I: To Vercelli’; Naman Chaudhary: ‘Plant Tales: Voyages from the Himalayas to the English Garden’; Matt Collins: ‘A Garden from Flames’; Jane Powers: ‘Hunting for Bumblebees’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Woodland Folk’; Book Reviews: Peter Dale on The English Landscape Garden by Tim Richardson; John Akeroyd on The Tree Hunters: How the Cult of the Arboretum Transformed Our Landscape by Thomas Pakenham; Front Cover: In Winter, the Rosehips by Jackie Morris.