Even in cold weather, you can still bring the indoors outdoors. Here’s how to make sure the whole family can enjoy the garden this autumn.

‘After a summer of love for our gardens, it’s all too easy to fear that we will now have to retreat indoors as the leaves turn and temperatures drop. But here is the good news: the autumn garden, according to Charlie Hart, a gardening writer and father of five, is as much of a sanctuary as its summer predecessor: a place to hang out as a family but also to get busy with a pair of gardening gloves. “People always say there’s nothing to do in the garden, but autumn and winter are the most profitable times for weeding, planting…’ (Tyzack 2020)

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Former England footballer Joe Cole has launched a garden designed to promote well-being at a hospital.

Located at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, the garden is planned to be the first of several in the country.

The aim is to allow staff, patients and visitors to “connect with nature” and “rest, reflect and recuperate”.

The project is being supported by Mr Cole and his wife Carly’s 11 Foundation, which works with charities on community initiatives.

Mr Cole played for West Ham United, Chelsea and Liverpool and won 56 caps for England.

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Find out why the healing garden should be an intrinsic part of life

When London’s Chelsea Physic Garden was established by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in 1673 within a walled, four-acre plot close to the River Thames, the healing power of plants was not just acknowledged, it was an intrinsic part of life. Botany was closely aligned to medicine, and gardens were viewed as restorative and contemplative spaces. It’s an idea that was shared by the Ancient Greeks, yet over the past half century, in intense urban environments, we’ve become increasingly divorced from nature – while the number of people with mental health issues has soared. In 2019, one in four people in the UK (and 792 million people worldwide) experienced problems according to Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA).

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As Virtual Chelsea takes place this week, our writer rounds up six of the best designers and plantsman to transform your garden.

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‘Lockdown lift-off’ has begun – and UHNW buyers have some very specific property demands

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‘Gardening is such a brilliant way for anyone to make friends, get outside and meet people,” says Jo Thompson, who has designed the newly unveiled RHS Garden for Friendship for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show (with input from BBC ­Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball). (Howell, 2020).

The Telegraph. 1 February 2020. Article by Madeleine Howell. Photo by Andrew Crowley.

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‘When redesigning a garden, Jo Thompson prefers to reimagine the landscape thoughtfully, rather than put a heavy stamp of design on it.’ (Brzezinski, 2019)

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‘Meet the Chelsea Flower Show gold medallist who says gardening is not just about plants.

In a new series of profiles, Residential introduces you to the property names you need to know — from dazzling designers to the greenest-fingered gardeners.

Jo Thompson, 49, is a landscape garden designer based in East Sussex, a county in south-east England. She grew up in Rome, where she acquired more of a love for architecture than flowers. After a stint as a drama teacher, she set up Jo Thompson Landscape and Garden Design in 2006.

She has since won three gold and five silver gilt medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, she chairs the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show Summer Gardens selection panel and is listed by House & Garden magazine as one of the country’s top ten garden designers.

Her portfolio ranges from a sculpture garden in Sussex and work at RHS Rosemoor to a number of central London rooftops. ‘ (Hancock, 2018)

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