Latest Gardens Illustrated events
The New Beautiful with Gardens Illustrated at the Garden Museum
16 Sep 2025, 7.00pm-8.00pm at the Garden Museum
Join our talk with Great Dixter's Fergus Garrett, designer Miria Harris and Knepp's Charlie Harpur
Join Gardens Illustrated and special guests for an evening discussing the evolution of garden design and practice.
- 16 Sep 2025, 7.00pm-8.00pm Garden Museum
An evening of conversation to celebrate the launch of Gardens Illustrated’s first book, The New Beautiful: Inspiring gardens for a resilient future. Our special guests Fergus Garrett of Great Dixter, designer Miria Harris and Charlie Harpur of Knepp will be joining Editor Stephanie Mahon to talk about how garden making has evolved over the past decade, from heritage and country gardens to city courtyards and public spaces.
Gardens Illustrated Online Masterclass
This autumn, Gardens Illustrated presents a new season of its acclaimed online masterclass series, featuring three leading voices in contemporary horticulture and garden design. Across the series, we explore how atmosphere, planting and nature-led practices come together to create meaningful, resilient landscapes in both private and public settings.
From creating evocative garden spaces with award-winning designer Tom Massey, to a rare behind-the-scenes look at Piet Oudolf’s creative process with horticulturist Rebecca McMackin, and a dive into regenerative growing methods with ecological grower Joshua Sparkes, this season offers a rich array of insights and inspiration for gardeners and designers alike.
Each one-hour online lecture includes practical advice and in-depth storytelling from the speakers’ current projects and approaches – whether it’s harnessing materials to shape mood, understanding how master-level planting plans come to life, or learning how to grow food in harmony with biodiversity.
All talks are available on-demand and can be viewed up to ten times, so you can absorb the material at your own pace.
You can book each masterclass individually for £16, or purchase the full series for just £38 and save 20%.
Book the Gardens Illustrated 2025 Masterclasses
Creating atmosphere with planting and materials
With Tom Massey
7pm, Wednesday 15 October
£15
Piet Oudolf: Planting a masterwork
With Rebecca McMackin
7pm, Thursday 30 October
£15
Growing with nature
With Joshua Sparkes
7pm, Thursday 13 November
£15
The award-winning designer answers: what brings a garden to life and makes it somewhere you want to be? Discover how to create that magical feeling and a unique sense of place in a garden through immersive planting and clever use of materials.
In this exclusive talk, horticulturist Rebecca McMackin will present Piet Oudolf’s layout and installation of the new Calder Gardens project in Philadelphia (opening September 2025), having documented its creation this summer at Piet’s behest.
In an exclusive video masterclass recorded with Josh Sparkes at Birch Farm in Devon, learn about his innovative, nature-led approach, and take part in a Q&A with him live on the night. Josh explains how to grow food in balance with biodiversity.
Past Gardens Illustrated Masterclasses
Maximising small spaces
With designer Stefano Marinaz
Discover simple but innovative solutions to make the most of small gardens, with practical advice on design details and planting for year-round interest.
Rose sculpting and training
With head gardener Jenny ‘Niff’ Barnes
Watch our exclusive video guide recorded at Cottesbrooke Hall in winter and summer, as Jenny shows how to create amazing shapes with roses.
Planting design insights
with designer Tom Stuart-Smith
Learn about Tom’s process and approach to different types of planting, drawing on a range of recent projects, and benefit
from his hard-won learnings.