‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No. 13: The Spotted Flycatcher’; Matt Collins: ‘The Making of a Dry Garden’; Trevor Nicholson: ‘Transformation: John Sales and the Himalayan Garden at Harewood’; Rod Madocks: ‘White Fritillary: The Fulcrum in Spring’; Thomas Rutter:’ Walking a Tuscan Forest in Spring’; Charles Hulbert-Powell: ‘Diversely Useful, Decorative and Highly Desirable: The Black Walnut’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden, 1: Sound’; Dale Headington: ‘Indications of Spring: And Other Thoughts in a Garden’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewelllyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Tree Surgery’; Book Reviews: Peter Parker on Versed in Living Nature: Wordsworth’s Trees by Peter Dale and Brandon C. Yen; Catherine Beale on Mounton House: The Birth and Rebirth of an Edwardian Country House by Helena Gerrish; Christopher Woodward on Rescue and Revival: New York Botanical Garden 1989-2018 by Gregory Long; Index to HORTUS issues 141–144 (2022). Front Cover: Spring! Wood engraving by Phoebe Connolly.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No. 14: The Chaffinch; Catherine Beale: ‘Top Tippng: High Glanau, Monmouthshire’; Katie Campbell: ‘All Power to the Garden: Battersea Power Station Park’; Rod Madocks: ‘Summer Like a Stranger Comes: A Writer’s Garden in the Warm Season’; Claire Margetts: ‘An Uprising in Colour: From Sissinghurst to Giverny – And Back Again’; Angelica Gray: ‘Granny and the Curé: The Other French Garden Style’; Rosie Irving and Michael Marriott: ‘Jottings from Joshua: Joshua Tree National Park’; Patricia Cleveland-Peck: ‘The Garden of The Moon: Jo-juin, Kyoto, Japan’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden. II: Scent’; Sukie Amory: ‘From Orphan to Leading Light: Mountain Mint’; Clark Lawrence: ‘An Italian Garden: and that English Word’; Andrew Douglas-Forbes: ‘From the Cover-Artist’s Garden Sketchbook’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the (New) Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Psychohomeopathy’; Book Reviews: John Akeroyd on Wild Edens: The History and Habitat of Our Most-Loved Garden Plants by Toby Musgrave and Chris Gardner; Rosemary Lindsay on The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 1/2 Front Gardens by Ben Dark; Front Cover: Queen of Sweden rose in a Swansea Jug by Andrew Douglas-Forbes. A HORTUS commission.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 15: The Tawny Owl; Trevor Nicholson: ‘East Comes West: Woody Asiatic Plants at Harewood’s Himalayan Garden’; Malcolm Allison: ‘A Rich Tradition: A Spotlight on Chrysanthemums – Again’; Ben Probert: ‘In Praise of Older Plants: Cherished Familiars Not Forgotten’; Naoko Abe: ‘The Matsumae Cherry Blossoms: The World’s Foremost Cherry Creator’; Angelica Gray: ‘Granny and the Curé: The Other French Garden Style. Part II’; Paul Crask: ‘Not Just Flowers: Rediscovering the Island Gardens of Dominica’; Naman Chaudhary: ‘The Flowers of the Moon: The Night Garden of Northern India’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden. III. Touch’; Rod Madocks: ‘The Seventh Sense: Ghosts in the Autumn Garden’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the (New) Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Governance’; Book Reviews: Katie Campbell on Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice Vincent; Charles Nelson on A Fenland Garden. Creating a Haven for People, Plants and Wildlife by Francis Pryor; John Akeroyd on What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological and Cultural History of Seeds by Jennifer Jewell; Rosemary Lindsay on A Garden From a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton; Front Cover: Hawthorn. Egg tempera on birch panel by Lil Tudor-Craig.

'Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 16: The Goldcrest’; Sukie Amory, Kathryn Bradley-Hole, Kirsty Fergusson, Lorraine Harrison, Christopher Hutt, Rosemary Lindsay, Michael Marriott, Richard Moore, Jane Powers, Thomas Rutter: ‘A Day in My Garden in Winter’; Matt Collins: ‘No More Amelanchiers, Please: Seeking a Rival to the Perfect Small Garden’; Martin Leigh: ‘Drilled Polish: John Massey and the People Who Made Ashwood Nurseries’; Tony Hufton: ‘Beyond the Box Moth’; Rod Madocks: ‘Celebrating the Ruins: Shape and Space in the Winter Garden’; Adam Heppinstall: ‘Celestial Repose or Hard Labour? A Gardener’s Leap of Faith in the Dordogne’; Peter Dale: ‘Making Sense of a Garden. IV: Taste’; Barbara Paca: ‘Green Clothes the Earth in Tranquillity: Frank Walter’; Tom Petherick: ‘From the (New) Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Sculpture Conscious’; Book Review: John Akeroyd on Medlars: Growing and Cooking by Jane Steward; Front Cover: Hellebores by David Suff.

‘Tradescant’s Diary’: Hugh Johnson; Adam Ford: ‘Our Garden Birds, No 16: The Pied Wagtail; Lilee Cathcart: ‘A Green Field in My Heart’; Ben Probert: ‘Revolution’; Richard Claxton: ‘The Bricks of Sissinghurst’; Adam Heppinstall: ‘Jardinage de Noel’; Judith B Tankard: ‘Personal Memories of Munstead Wood’; Patricia Cleveland-Peck: ‘By Plants United: Jean Rasmussen, Plant Hunter’; Naman Chaudhary: ‘A Garden of Desire: Horticulture in the Kamasutra’; Marta McDowell: ‘Mean Green Mother from Outer Space: Plants and Gardens in Science Fiction; Tom Petherick: ‘From the Home Patch’; Sam Llewellyn: ‘Digging with the Duchess: Pond Life’; Book Reviews: Catherine Beale on England’s Gardens: A Modern History by Stephen Parker; Brent Elliott on Conversations in Garden History: New Research, New Ideas, New Approaches edited by Pippa Potts (London, Birkbeck Garden History Group); Patrick Bogue on Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows by Ruth Scurr; Becky Tipper on Botanical Short Stories: Contemporary Writing About Plants and Flowers edited by Emma Timpamy (The History Press); The Editor’s Occasional Book Bag: To Stand and Stare: How to Garden While Doing Next to Nothing by Anthony Timothy O’Brien; The Essential Tree Selection Guide by Henrik Sjöman and Arit Anderson; Arboretum by Tony Kirkham and illustrated by Katie Scott; Rare Trees: The Fascinating Stories of the World’s Most Threatened Species by Sara Oldfield and Malin Rivers; Uprooting by Marchelle Farrell; The Star-Nosed Mole by Isabel Bannerman; ; Index to HORTUS issues 145–148 (2023). Front Cover: Hyacinth and Hellebore in Yellow Jug, Oil on Panel by Emily Patrick.