Amateur botanist John Bradby Blake and his collaborators never completed their illustrated record of Chinese flora, but they still stoked Britain’s passion for the Asian country’s plants

Unlike some of the gardeners and scientists of his time, George Maw isn’t a household name today. A passionate botanist, geologist, ceramicist and artist, Maw corresponded with the likes of Charles Da

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Multi-award-winning garden designer Ann-Marie Powell is well-known in gardening circles for her exuberant style. But as she admits in her new book, it took her ‘far too long to stop worrying about wha

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