‘Pleasant Place’ is a growing collection of publications about the art of gardening, offering both practical and in-depth information to everyday garden tasks and garden design. This first issue features essays such as ‘A Sisterly Witch Dance in the Walled Garden’ by Laurie Cluitmans, ‘New Enclosures’ on new experimental enclosures by artists Cindy Bakker, Iede Reckman, Jesse Greulich, and Daniel Slats, a photo-essay on Derek Jarman’s fenceless garden, an article on the benefits of ‘Living Enclosures’ with illustrations by Gijs Deddens, and a set of hortus conclusus miniatures by Sophie Artz.