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Clare Foster

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Garden Editor at House & Garden (UK)

Garden Editor at Bud to Seed

Garden Editor of House & Garden

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  • Sarah Price's idyllic Abergavenny garden, filled with her experiments in resilient and low-intervention planting

    1 week ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    Sarah spends as much time as she can in the walled garden, where hands-on engagement is needed to shape and evolve plant communities that develop on the low-nutrient substrate. Andrew MontgomeryVisitors were queuing up at the gate last summer to see Sarah Price’s garden, when it opened for the first time as part of the National Garden Scheme.

  • How to grow foxgloves, a staple of the English country garden

    1 week ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Rose' in Kitten Grayson's cutting gardenEmma LewisIs there any flower that is such a staple of the English country garden than foxgloves, with their tall, striking stems covered with thimble-shaped blossoms?

  • Inside the experimental hardy planting scheme at Knepp Castle with head gardener Charlie Harpur

    1 week ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    Head gardener Charlie Harpur stands in front of a mass of Stipa gigantea. Andrew MontgomeryCharlie Harpur is head gardener at the Walled Garden at Knepp, where the estate's owners Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell have commissioned a new experimental garden that was devised by Tom Stuart-Smith. Planted in a substrate of crushed rubble, sand and gravel, the garden is designed for maximum biodiversity and sustainability, and features an incredibly diverse mix of native and non-native plants.

  • How to plant beautiful window boxes for every season

    2 weeks ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    Window boxes at a smart townhouse in Manhattan's West VillageNgoc Minh NgoWindow boxes and troughs are the perfect way to dress your house, but it’s not as easy as simply planting them up and forgetting about them. Even before you start putting plants into soil, it’s well worth thinking about the practicalities. If you can’t easily and regularly water your plants, for example, consider installing an irrigation system or buying self-watering window boxes (try lechuza.co.uk).

  • What to plant in June (and other garden tasks for the month)

    3 weeks ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    Eva NemethJune is a good month for British gardens. The garden erupts into a glorious fanfare of colour this month. Herbaceous perennials take centre stage and, from the humble geranium to the showy lupin, the cottage garden plant comes into its own. Some need more cosseting than others, so here is a handful of useful low-maintenance plants that thrive in full sun and will be drought tolerant once established.

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Clare Foster
Clare Foster @Claremfoster
15 Apr 20

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Clare Foster
Clare Foster @Claremfoster
15 Apr 20

Children are bored at home, brain games, good for brain development.   💚💛💜   💚💛💜 https://t.co/znEguoTQdP https://t.co/S6Oir8gXV5

Clare Foster
Clare Foster @Claremfoster
11 Feb 20

My first auricula flower of the spring, early and confused, but oh so beautiful. I moved it from the greenhouse to take pride of place on my auricula theatre among violas and early primulas. Can’t wait for the others… https://t.co/rPfz8vP92p