Rural gardens

Large-scale planting, cottage gardens and country escapes

Gresgarth Hall sits at the mouth of a wooded valley, with the brook Artle Beck drawing a sweeping curve as it rushes past the house. Dark yew hedges stamp formality near the house and echo the stone walls etched on the hills beyond.

Arabella Lennox-Boyd’s garden at Gresgarth Hall

The Laundry garden

The Laundry: A Georgian walled garden in North Wales

The Hermitage, Bath

Arabella Lennox-Boyd's bold and romantic garden with a twist on classic style

The Ditch at East Lambrook Manor, carpeted with snowdrops

Gardens to visit

Margery Fish’s remarkable snowdrops at East Lambrook Manor

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Stone Hill in Australia

A perennial garden around a modernist house in Australia

Hunting Brook Gardens

Gardens to visit

Jimi Blake’s borders at Hunting Brook Gardens in Ireland

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Urban gardens

Rooftop hideaways, urban gardens and small city retreats

Suburban garden designed by Tom Massey

Modernist hard landscaping in a suburban garden

Ula Maria's garden

Ula Maria’s garden of childhood memories

Courtyard garden by Arjan Boekel

Inspiring gardens A forest-like garden in the city

Juergen Teller's studio garden

Fashion photographer Juergen Teller's studio garden

A garden with plants and flowers

Five lessons for a city space

Harriet Farlam and Ben Chandler's garden

Two beautiful small gardens

Rudbeckia fulgida

A garden fit for a modernist house

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International gardens

Gardens throughout the world

An Italian garden with English inflections

An Italian garden with an English flavour

Fernando Martos dry garden in Spain

Reduced need for water and year-round good looks in a Spanish garden

Le Jardin Champetre

Le Jardin Champêtre: Reimagining Mediterranean planting in a garden in France

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Meet the gardeners

Meet the people behind the gardens

Huw Richards

Meet the gardeners

Huw Richards on his journey to gardening

portrait of James Todman, topiarist

Meet the gardeners

James Todman on the art of topiary

Vanessa Easlea

Meet the gardeners

Vanessa Easlea on how Covid has sparked a rise in gardeners

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Meet the gardeners

John Little on green roofs, reusing waste materials and helping the environment

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