Features
Pearson and his Park A Yorkshire park has a strange link to the American Civil War.
Ancestral Gardens An important Aztec royal landscape survives in Mexico, but is little known.
Allotmenteers, Plotters Vegetable plots flourish beside the Scottish capital's urban elegance.
Dashing off to the Country Russian Dachas and their gardens have changed since Chekov's time.
Le Vésinet Near Paris, the first ever garden suburb still happily combines houses and
green space.

Reviews
Garden Reviews Assessing famous gardens in England and France.
Book Reviews From England to Italy, Churchill to Brunel, tulips to sculpture.

Number 19

Regulars
Editorial & News French garden prizes, deadly insects, Mughal gardens, a curling connection - and much more.
Letters On Flowers in the Landscape, Tsaritsyn Island, the Commonwealth Institute, a Jekyll connection, garden opening days across Europe and disabled access.
Travel Diary Rory Stuart visits the United States and Canada and meets 'Miss Jekyll'.
Optimist Good news from Ireland, France and England.
Pessimist Bad news from London, Edinburgh, St Petersburgh and Chicago.