Peter Dowdall: Our garden isn't separate from the world beyond the fence

The Garden & Landscape Designers Association seminar on February 28 will focus on how plants boost everything from soil health and water quality to pollination, climate regulation and human wellbeing

A Rewilding Britain Landscape' designed by Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt, speakers at the 2026 GLDA seminar, was the overall winner at Chelsea Flower Show 2022.

There's a moment of revelation that comes to most of us who garden. It’s the point where you really see the beauty of the place in front of you, and it nearly always arrives when you stop trying to control it.

It’s the moment you realise that the garden isn’t something separate from the world beyond the fence. It’s part of a much bigger conversation.