In this episode, designer and gardener Isabel Bannerman - whose projects include the private garden of King Charles at Highgrove, and Arundel Castle - describes what she would have to include in her dream garden, from a woodland stream setting and scented shrubs such as mock orange, to elm trees and rambling roses, a place to sit and a greenhouse. Discover why she thinks naturalistic planting looks like hard work, how she is no good at growing vegetables and where she would go in a time machine.

Talking Gardens is created by the team at Gardens Illustrated magazine. Find lots more great garden inspiration and ideas, including Isabel and husband Julian’s top garden books, and subscribe at www.gardensillustrated.com 

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Show notes:

Ribes odoratum

Mock orange Philadelphus ‘Manteau d'Hermine’ 

Rosa ‘The Garland’

Gravetye Manor garden - William Robinson

Ninfa Gardens

Giverny, Monet’s garden

Louise Dowding’s Yews Tree Farm garden

Highgrove

Keder Greenhouse polytunnel 

Arundel Castle garden

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