Rural

South Wood Farm

Inspiring gardens A contemporary flower garden designed by Arne Maynard

Making the most of the good drainage provided by the steep bank beneath the wall, Jo has introduced a thyme meadow that tumbles down into the main meadow mix from Emorsgate Seeds, which is based down the road from Jo’s farmhouse. The tall spires of Verbascum thapsus add vertical accents that link to the tower of the 14th-century village church beyond.

A natural managed meadow garden

Arabella Lennox-Boyd's garden

Inspiring gardens The slow and natural evolution of a Tudor estate

Sid Hill Forest Garden

Inspiring gardens An edible forest garden

Nant y Bedd Organic Garden

Inspiring gardens A forest garden in the Brecon Beacons

Nigel Dunnett’s own garden

Biodiversity from the private garden of Nigel Dunnett

The garden at Upton Wold

Upton Wold: a garden aged to perfection

Forde Abbey's tulip display

Forde Abbey: the tulip display that gets better each year

Lower Bowden Manor, Berkshire

A garden for all seasons with early spring interest in Berkshire

Blackland House

Polly Nicholson’s tulip-filled walled garden

Andy Salter's plantsman's garden

A Kent garden inspired by Great Dixter’s borders

A lavish sweeping curve in front of Wakehurst’s manor house divides the Winter Garden from the more formal lawn area, lending a sense of generosity and expanse that is in keeping with the size of the mansion and lawn. Forming the curve, tousled Carex comans ‘Bronze Perfection’ creates a textural carpet that contrasts with the vivid stems of Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’.

The winter garden at Wakehurst

Naturalised crocus planted in a lawn under a mature tree framing a typical Cotswold house in the distance

A Cotswold rectory garden with topiary and early spring bulbs

Ghost Wash

An award-winning garden at a desert home in Arizona

Rowe's at Priory Gardens: cutting garden in Yorkshire

A stunning flower farm in a medieval priory