‘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.