Not just a pretty place: Four ways to keep your garden exciting

UK garden designer Lottie Delamain's new book argues gardens serve critical environmental and social functions beyond aesthetics. Her work showcases biodiversity hotspots, underground mushroom farms and green spaces in post-industrial areas that address the climate crisis and mental health. Delamain emphasizes ecological complexity, low-cost interventions and material reuse as key strategies for creating vital, exciting gardens at any scale.

Summary by Glance · Brisbane Times