Stephanie Mahon
Editor, Gardens Illustrated
Stephanie Mahon is Editor of Gardens Illustrated. She is a multi-award winning garden editor, writer and author. Her book Wild Gardens, which is the GMG Garden Book of the Year, is out now.
Recent articles by Stephanie Mahon
Discover our 2024 Horticultural Heroes: 22 extraordinary people making a difference in gardening
Discover the stories of the extraordinary garden champions who are making a difference to places, people, plants and the planet. Words Molly Blair, Stephanie Mahon, Veronica Peerless and Alice Tuffery, photograph Lisa Linder
Get your plants winter ready - here's the best environmentally friendly winter plant protection to use
Keep your plants safe through the winter with our pick of the best eco friendly plant covers and products for winter protection.
Dan Pearson reveals plans to expand Beth Chatto Gardens with new areas
Everything we know so far about the plans for a new area at Beth Chatto Gardens.
Gardens are the new black - why fashion is in love with horticulture, and what it could learn from gardeners
It seems gardening is truly en vogue right now, with fashion brands falling over themselves to go green. But why is horticulture suddenly so hip, and is there a murky side to this collaboration?
26 of the best flowering shrubs for your garden that are beautiful for flowers and bees love them
We recommend 26 of the best flowering shrubs, so that with careful planning, you can enjoy flowers in your garden for 12 months of the year.
Best Show Garden | Discover Ula Maria's Muscular Dystrophy Garden UK
Designer Ula Maria has created Sponsor Project Giving Back Garden for Muscular Dystrophy UK for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.
Guide | Sophie Parmenter and Dido Milne's National Autistic Society Garden
Garden designer Sophie Parmenter and architect Dido Milne are creating this year's National Autistic Society garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Guide | Robert Myers' St James's Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different Garden
Garden designer Robert Myers is creating this year's St James's Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Guide | Matthew Childs' The Bridge to 2030 Garden
Garden designer Matthew Childs is creating this year's to the bridge for 2030 garden the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show review: Back to normal service in a year of feel-good gardens
What’s the verdict on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens this year? Gardens Illustrated editor Stephanie Mahon gives her initial reaction and analysis
Guide | Tom Massey and Je Ahn's WaterAid Garden
Garden designers Tom Massey and Je Ahn are creating this year's WaterAid garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Guide | Ann-Marie Powell's Octavia Hill Garden
Garden designer Ann-Marie Powelll is creating this year's Octavia Hill garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.
Guide | Tom Stuart-Smith's National Garden Scheme Garden
Garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith is creating this year's National Garden Scheme garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Guide | Discover Miria Harris' Stroke Association Garden for Recovery
Garden designer Miria Harris is creating this year's Stoke Association garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
You want to design a Chelsea show garden? Here’s everything you need to know
Seen the show gardens at RHS Chelsea and think you’ve got what it takes to make one? Here’s our guide from application to judging, with top tips from designers
What design trends can we expect to see at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2024?
Gardens Illustrated's top predictions for key themes and displays at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Crocus announces it will stop making gardens and growing plants for Chelsea Flower Show
Crocus co-director Mark Fane has revealed that Chelsea 2024 will be the last at which the company build show gardens
A beautiful spring garden around a Grade-I listed manor house in the Cotswolds
Tucked away in the countryside, this historic manor is homes to acres of lush gardens, diverse flowers and plants, and elegant design. Words by Stephanie Mahon. Photographs by Jason Ingram.
What is rewilding?
Gardens Illustrated editor and wild gardens expert Stephanie Mahon gets to the bottom of what, exactly, rewilding means
How one man resurrected a rare plant after 20 years of extinction
Andrew Shaw has a passion for rare British native plants, even bringing plants back from the dead. Images by John Campbell
The snowdrop obsession: would you pay £1,000 for one bulb?
They herald the beginning of spring, but certain varieties of tiny, white snowdrops have sold for an alarming amount of money online and at plant fairs. Discover why these blooms are so special and how to start your own Galanthus collection
How to grow snowdrops
All you need to know about growing snowdrops, including when to plant snowdrops and how to care for them
Piet Oudolf: a life in plants
Discover how the legendary Dutch designer got into plants, where he finds his inspiration and what he thinks the future of planting design will be
Chelsea 2023: Guide to Tom Massey's Royal Entomological Society Garden
Designer Tom Massey and the Royal Entomological Society want to encourage us all to engage with the bugs in our gardens