Issue 1: Enclosures
2022, 18 x 24 cm, 30 pages
A garden is a garden because it’s framed and shielded from the outside world. Right?
Issue 2: Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus)
2022, 18 x 24 cm, 38 pages
Everything you need to know about your soon to be favourite garden mainstay.
Issue 3: Compost
2023, 18 x 24 cm, 38 pages
Allow us to introduce to you Compost Almighty, the magical elixir essential for happy gardens.
Issue 4: Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)
2023, 18 x 24 cm, 44 pages
Let’s get to know this Mediterranean sweetheart, and add pops of purple to your garden!
Issue 5: Mien Ruys
2024, 18 x 24 cm, 44 pages
Mien Ruys was one of the most influential garden designers of the 20th century. You don’t know her? Fear not, we got you. Follow the Grion-tile road and discover the beautiful life and work of this garden icon.
Issue 6: Topiary
2024, 18 x 24 cm, 44 pages
Topiary is the practice of trimming and pruning trees and shrubs into clearly defined and fanciful shapes. As an art form, it is a type of living sculpture, and its practice in Europe dates from Roman times.
Issue 7: Daffodils (Narcissus)
2025, 18 x 24 cm, 40 pages
Many bulbous plants have been dubbed ‘heralds of spring’, but none is more deserving of the title than those carrying actual megaphones to spread the word – daffodils. To know a daffodil is to love a daffodil. Come join our cult.
Issue 8: Garden Tools
2026, 18 x 24 cm, 40 pages
More than a mere extension of the hands, the garden tool is what helps the gardener materialise their vision. Much like the painter’s brush and the sculptor’s chisel – without it, one would be helpless. This issue of Pleasant Place dives into the world of garden tools, the essential, the practical, and the beautiful.
