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    Robin Lane Fox

    Gardening Columnist

    Robin Lane Fox writes a gardening column for the FT Weekend supplement.

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    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      Gardens
      Summer of loveliness: bedding plants that promise masses of blooms

      Even for latecomers to bedding out, these varieties will provide a season-long profusion of flowers

    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Chelsea Flower Show
      My personal Chelsea Flower Show gold

      Our columnist is smitten by a Korean ‘masterpiece with wild flowers far more fascinating than British bindweed and buttercups’

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Chelsea Flower Show
      Chelsea Flower Show preview: dinners, deals and delphiniums

      Our columnist’s first event was 60 years ago, but he still finds much to look forward to

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Gardens
      Manna from Le Manoir: growing veg in Raymond Blanc’s kitchen garden

      The author spends a morning sowing seeds at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons gardening school

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Gardens
      Alpine plants in the ascendant

      The best response to losses from frost and wet is to replenish your stocks and replant immediately

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      Gardens
      The grass is not always greener in Piet Oudolf’s ‘aesthetic of decay’

      Robin Lane Fox takes issue with the work of the Dutch garden designer renowned for New York’s High Line

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Gardens
      Plant some climbers for wall-to-wall happiness

      Star jasmine, passion flower, clematis and ivy are some of winter’s best survivors

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Gardens
      Britain’s most lovely private gardens — 3,500 of them — open to the public

      The National Garden Scheme provides planting inspiration while raising money for charities

    • Friday, 7 April, 2023
      Gardens
      Easter seeds and weeds: the plants to grow and those to deter

      The long holiday weekend is a good time to apply mulch and to plan for summer flowers

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Gardens
      How to recoup your gardening losses after a severe winter

      A season punctuated by sharp cold spells has taken its toll on plants

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Gardens
      On the trail of Alexander the Great — and a flower bulb

      Two passions, ancient history and gardening, intersect during an expedition in Pakistan

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Gardens
      From Karachi with love: exploring Pakistan’s annual flower show

      The show, in its 75th year, prompts reflection on the power of plants to unite people

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Gardens
      Lessons from a lily lover

      These are one of summer’s glories and it pays to know about their preferences in terms of soil and growing conditions

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Gardens
      Why you should break the planting rules

      Don’t be afraid to bend — or upend — guidance on what you should plant and where

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      Gardens
      Garden puts Tiffany’s glass in a fresh light

      A Florida exhibition pairs plantings with the Art Nouveau artist’s favourite colours to reveal his natural inspirations

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Gardens
      The science of gardening

      Gardeners and scientists are increasingly aligned — but can they agree on a solution for slugs?

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Gardens
      The best seeds to sow now

      Whether you reach for old faithfuls or decide to experiment, now is the time to select for colour and scent

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Gardens
      The happy valleys of hepaticas

      A new book tracks these delightful plants around the world with erudition and enthusiasm

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Gardens
      How to give structure to a garden

      Gardens do not simply emerge, they must be shaped in terms of spacing, soil, height and colour

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Gardens
      Purple peas and other cutting-edge veg to grow in the garden

      After December’s excesses, look ahead to planting wholesome varieties, both old friends and new entrants

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Gardens
      The darling shrubs of May: six essential hardy plants

      These choices will have your garden in flower by the end of that month

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Gardens
      Lessons from last year’s gardening roller-coaster ride

      From torrential rains to summer drought, from heatwave to brutal cold spell, plants were tested as rarely before

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      Gardens
      ‘Truss in Boots’, a panto for our times

      This year, I managed to get a front-row seat for the annual badgers’ New Year extravaganza in my garden

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Gardens
      Ravishing roses to riveting books: Christmas gifts for gardeners

      Our columnist’s selection offers plentiful inspiration

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Gardens
      Through Turkey’s liquidambar forest

      Botany and ancient history meet in a journey to a country where this tree grows wild and prolifically

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