Veronica Peerless

2 weeks ago | gardensillustrated.com | Veronica Peerless

SQUIRREL_13211971What prompted you to write the book? I’m a great sci-fi fan and I’ve always been interested in how we will grow food in space and on other celestial bodies. Films are great at creating futuristic landscapes, and for depicting life-support systems using biomaterial and creating closed-loop systems in space, so this sparked my interest in finding out whether real life dictates what we see in sci-fi films or vice-versa.

2 weeks ago | gardensillustrated.com | Veronica Peerless

The Chelsea Flower Show is of course a showcase of the best in garden design, and the expertise and big budgets on display can leave gardeners wondering how on earth they can translate the ideas at the show into their own smaller spaces.

2 weeks ago | gardensillustrated.com | Veronica Peerless

The gardens may steal the glory at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, but for many people, it's all about the plants. If you do a few circuits of the gardens and the Great Pavilion, you will begin to notice the same plants popping up here and there, in different ways.

2 weeks ago | gardensillustrated.com | Veronica Peerless

The Chelsea Flower Show is in full swing and the Gardens Illustrated team has been at the show, scouting out interesting features and ideas. Here are five interesting things to look out for around the Chelsea showground today, chosen by our commissioning editor, Veronica.

2 weeks ago | gardensillustrated.com | Veronica Peerless

Kazuyuki Ishihara is known at Chelsea for his exquisitely crafted and serene Japanese gardens that evoke the beauty of the Japanese satoyama (landscape). Acers always feature, along with irises, calming water, artfully placed stone and moss. He has done 17 small show gardens at Chelsea, many winning Gold or Best in Show, but this is his first on Main Avenue.