Stephanie Mahon

Editor, Gardens Illustrated

Stephanie Mahon is the Editor of Gardens Illustrated and writer on garden and landscape design. Twice winner of the Garden Media Guild Journalist of the Year Award, she is presently writing a book on wild gardens.

Recent articles by Stephanie Mahon

Philadelphus, mock orange

26 of the best flowering shrubs

Galanthus ‘Seagull’

How to grow snowdrops

Biosecurity and plant health are becoming ever more important

Interview What does the government’s new strategy mean for gardeners?

Frost in The Dry Garden in winter at RHS Garden Hyde Hall.

Winter protection for plants

Plas Brondanw

Topiary delights at an Arts & Crafts garden in winter

Galanthus nivalis ‘Green Tear’

The snowdrop obsession: would you pay £1,000 for one bulb?

Masses of primroses with pale, striped squill (Puschkinia scilloides) and blue scillas light up the river bank under the trees in early spring. The view of the floating garden on the water and vistas of the lawn and borders can be best enjoyed from here.

Create the perfect Cotswold garden

Garden border ideas Plant a thriving spring border with bulbs and more in a small garden

Helen Boem

Meet the gardeners

Helen Boem, the RHS’s floral marquee manager

De Tuin van Fortmond in the Netherlands

A geometric and naturalistic garden in the Netherlands