Gillian Mawrey s Snippets Indispensable Plants by Andrew Lawson, Bill Malecki, Carol Klein, Esther Merton and Jane Taylor Audrey Le Livre irises in history, in the wild and in the garden Kathleen Sayer Kellie CastleÍs garden in Scotland in spring Timothy Walker the University of Oxford Botanic Garden in spring John Sendy his garden in Australia John Akeroyd the flowering of Gibraltar Graham Stuart Thomas garden artefacts Mavis Batey the Garden History Society Dawn MacLeod An Essayist in the Garden Celia Fisher Gardens in Fiction _ Ellis Peters and the Brother Cadfael novels Peter Parker Pondersƒ Book reviews by Robin Whalley, Shirley Heriz Smith and Peter Parker. Index to issues 25 28.