Exteriors

What do Jim Ede and Richard E. Grant have in common? Why, an eye for the emotion-stoking power of plants, of course – at least according to Sean A. Pritchard, the author of a new book on the subject

How can we harness nature in our own gardens, building back habitats and bringing back biodiversity in the process? The book Pastoral Gardens shows us how, with 20 inspiring projects

From her cabin in the Pontic mountains, illustrator Ișik Güner is making an inventory of her native land’s gorgeous biodiversity

As the Chelsea Flower Show returns for its 113th edition, take a trip down memory lane with these John Gay photographs from more than 60 years ago

Leica in hand, Helen Levitt chronicled the playful cast of characters that moved through the stoops and sidewalks of New York City. A new book reveals her seldom seen early works

Artist and designer Kossi Assou has shaped a contemplative compound for art, nature and spirit to flourish

Production processes have gone organic and are alive, literally, with all sorts of possibilities – whether it’s gourds that grow up to be drinks bottles or willow trees that sprout from the soil in the shape of seats

To think of cake-top flowers is to picture perfectly piped symmetry: nature neatened. This was not Natasja Sadi’s project, however, when she set about sculpting her own. Instead, the Dutch bridal-wear designer sought to capture her countless cultivars as truthfully as possible

Photographer Edward Steichen was also a doyen of delphiniums. Paying homage, Tim Walker takes his camera to Stourhead’s Pantheon in Wilshire and captured there the species’ spiky superabundance

With a climate crisis and poachers at large, even botany’s tough guys – cacti, puyas et al – need a helping hand. Cue Ximena Nazal and her garden in Chile