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Alice Vincent

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Alice Vincent is a writer, author and gardener 

May 2026

  • Tall pink, purple and white flowers growing among foliage

    Gaps in your borders? It’s not too late to plant some summer showstoppers

  • A full, blue water butt in a leafy garden

    Is it time to stop watering our gardens?

April 2026

  • A red rose climbing up a white wall

    I’m bringing the Japanese art of shadow and light into my garden

    A lovely brick wall at the end of my garden has become a stage for other plants’ shadows
  • A wooden sign saying 'Great Dixter Plants' above a wood table with many leafy and flowering plants on it and around it

    All the fun of the plant fair: where real gardeners do their shopping

    These gatherings of specialist nurseries are brilliant sources of exciting specimens and expert knowledge
  • English cottage garden with wild flowers

    The Filter
    Sow, grow, don’t mow: 15 ways to get your garden ready for spring and summer

    Whether it’s organising the shed, sharpening tools or giving garden furniture a good scrub, here are tips to prep – and enjoy – your outdoor patch

March 2026

  • Dangling clusters of tiny purple flowers

    Romantic but unruly: cut back your buddleja now – before it takes over your garden

  • Pink cherry blossoms against a bright-blue sky.

    Plant a blossom tree in your garden and feel its magic for years to come

February 2026

  • Pale yellow flowers in the wild

    I always dismissed primroses as boring and twee – I was wrong

  • Japanese Snowdrop Kokedama. A hanging snowdrop decoration suspended from a tree branch.2WJHEBG Japanese Snowdrop Kokedama. A hanging snowdrop decoration suspended from a tree branch.

    The Japanese gardening technique of kokedama will bring a touch of magic into your home

January 2026

  • Privet bush with berries

    Plant trees, bushes and evergreens now to give your garden structure

  • Garden potting bench and shelves made from upcycled wooden pallets with reused glass jars as storage.2R8MA70 Garden potting bench and shelves made from upcycled wooden pallets with reused glass jars as storage.

    Now is the perfect time to sort out your garden seeds, the Monty Don way

December 2025

  • Broken garden fork stuck in frozen ground in a vegetable plot in winter

    Now is the time to be bold and give your garden a reshuffle

  • A wheelbarrow full of branches in a frost covered garden with a shed in the background

    Festive stress getting to you? A potter in the garden is the ideal antidote

November 2025

  • Small trees, shrubs and flowers in containers on a cobbled street outside a house with blue patio doors

    Let the city’s pretty mews be your muse for container planting

  • Annalisa Barbieri, Yotam Ottolenghi, Meera Sodha, Sali Hughes and Grace Dent around a Christmas tree

    158 Christmas presents, chosen by Guardian columnists

October 2025

  • Two chairs with throws and cushions on, and a pot of yellow flowers, next to a firepit on decking, with trees behind strung with lights

    Use firepits and fairy lights to make your Bonfire Night garden party go with a bang

    It may be the middle of autumn, but you can still throw a sparkling party in the garden
  • wild tulip Tulipa turkestanicawild tulip is called Tulipa turkestanica

    Plant wild tulips, rather than showier varieties, for a meadowy garden look come spring

    Big, blousy show-stoppers are all very well, but species tulips offer longer-term benefits and come in array of hot colours
  • Small green plants either side of a raised bed with what looks like bark in it

    Soil in need of some love? Sow green manure in your garden and you’ll reap the benefits

    Plants like lupins, ryegrass and field beans can help fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds and increase biodiversity

September 2025

  • Person putting leaves into a big bag in a garden in autumn.

    The Filter
    How to get your garden ready for autumn: 17 expert tips you can do now – and what to skip

  • Hylotelephium spectabile

    A riot of colour, loved by bees and easy to grow – why sedums are perfect perennials

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