Clare Coulson

London

Contributor at Gardenista

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Articles

Step into a surreal kaleidoscope of bearded irises

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Clare Coulson

India Hurst can pinpoint the precise moment her obsession with the tall bearded iris took hold.
Wonderlands by Clare Coulson explores the glorious gardens of 18 renowned landscape architects

2 weeks ago | theenglishgarden.co.uk | Clare Coulson

After negotiating the narrow, twisting lanes of north Wiltshire, it’s immediately apparent when Catherine FitzGerald’s home looms into view. It’s not the big oak barrel, denoting the 18th-century property’s former life as a brewery, but the mad froth of flowers that spills forth from the house that gives it away. Roses including ‘New Dawn’, ‘Albrighton Rambler’ and ‘The Garland’ clamber up to the mullion windows, or fall over the stone wall that marks the boundary.
The crafted home: a new take on nostalgic swing seats

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Clare Coulson

“It’s such a wonderfully eccentric idea that could only have been dreamt up by a Brit,” says Emerald Brown.
Garden Designers Harry and David Rich's Cottage Garden in Wales Is Like a Fairytale

1 month ago | gardenista.com | Clare Coulson

A transportive garden can owe as much to a magical setting as to the plantings. At the garden of brothers and award-winning garden designers Harry and David Rich, the surrounding landscape ramps up those feelings before a visitor even sets foot in the garden. Nestled deep in Welsh woodland, this is a fairytale cottage fully immersed in nature—including roving herds of sheep—where access is possible only by bridge over a stream, a tributary of the River Wye.
How to create a country garden in the city

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Clare Coulson

Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn moreHow to create a country garden in the city, according to garden designer BUTTER WAKEFIELDBy CLARE COULSON FOR YOU MAGAZINE Published: 03:01 EDT, 10 May 2025 | Updated: 03:01 EDT, 10 May 2025 Butter Wakefield, 63, was always destined to be a garden designer.
The 25 Essential Gardens to See in Your Lifetime - The New York Times

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Alexa Brazilian |Miranda Cooper |Clare Coulson |Clare Foster |Johanna Silver |Kendra Wilson

We asked six horticultural experts to debate and ultimately choose the places that’ve changed the way we look at — and think about — plants.
The garden designers’ guide to outdoor furniture

1 month ago | ft.com | Clare Coulson

“When you design a garden, you are building a vision and all the elements should tie together to tell that story,” says landscape...
Clare Coulson on Lessons Learned from Writing Her New Book 'Wonderlands'

2 months ago | gardenista.com | Clare Coulson

What garden designers put in their own gardens is perhaps more revealing than what they create for their clients, who generally have extensive land, and expansive budgets. In their own homes, garden designers are often, like most of us, constrained by limited time and resources. But they have time to think, sometimes for many years, about any intervention—and time to experiment and innovate.
A hotbed of trial and error: Sarah Price’s Abergavenny garden

2 months ago | ft.com | Clare Coulson

“The garden is a test bed, but it’s also like a library or sketchbook that I can draw on for future schemes,” says Sarah Price, taking in...
In voller Blüte: Zu Besuch in Marokkos wohl aufwendigstem und schönstem Garten(hotel)

2 months ago | cntraveller.de | Clare Coulson

Prinz Fabrizio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa nippt an einem pinken Martini. Im Schatten einer Pergola, überwuchert von Glyzinien und Jasmin, gesäumt von Rosen, sitzt er und lässt den Blick über seine Gärten schweifen: ein kleines Paradies, drei Hektar groß, sein Himmel auf Erden. Hinter dem Prinzen schimmert der Pool. Weiße Atlasrosen blühen neben Olivenbäumen am Beckenrand. Und vor Ruspoli windet sich ein Weg durch ein paar neue Beete voll leuchtendem Lampenputzergras. Olinto.