finest gardens in britain

7 min read 2023-01-14 15:00:13

Topiary: The ancient art of transforming nature into cubes, pyramids and peacocks

Christopher Stocks traces the story of topiary, from its ancient origins to the modern day.Bridge End Garden in Saffron Walden, Essex, was originally

7 min read 2022-12-31 14:00:32

Even in the coldest months, there is much to discover in the garden at Fullers Mill, West Stow, Suffolk. This remarkable plantsman’s garden was

4 min read 2022-12-20 19:00:55

Our look at the best garden and nature articles of the last year from Country Life includes some very special gardens indeed.Shrubs, including

8 min read 2022-12-17 14:00:10

Gardeners searching for inspiration for natural, low-maintenance havens would do well to look to the late-17th-and early-18th-century wilderness,

6 min read 2022-11-05 14:00:08

The garden at Blackland House, Calne, Wiltshire — the home of Mr and Mrs Ed Nicholson — is famous for its spring bulbs, but really comes into its

8 min read 2022-10-29 13:00:12

More than 3,000 different trees–in particular, the fine collections of oaks and maples–are put on a striking autumn show at Thenford Arboretum at

7 min read 2022-10-01 13:00:26

Described in 1925 as the most important Japanese garden in the West, the Japanese Garden at Cowden in Clackmannanshire — the ancestral home of Sara

7 min read 2022-09-24 15:30:22

'Within a mashie-niblick' of the 18th green at Muirfield Golf Club lies a garden of great beauty and history, as James Truscott explains.Greywalls,

7 min read 2022-08-20 13:00:37

Tiffany Daneff visits a recently built property in the Home Counties, which proves that, with forethought, a new garden needn’t look new.

7 min read 2022-08-13 16:00:55

The garden of Low Crag, Cumbria — home of Mr and Mrs Chris Dodd — demonstrates a thoughtful approach to gardening that has brought about a

9 min read 2022-08-06 16:00:19

The gardens at Everdon Hall, Northamptonshire — the home of Charles and Caroline Coaker —show off a clean, green structure balanced by romantic

8 min read 2022-07-23 13:00:36

Created over 25 years, Tremenheere's 20-acre hillside garden brilliantly succeeds in its makers’ aim of providing a haven far away from cares and

5 min read 2022-07-19 13:00:15

Centrepiece of a classic English country garden, or bourgeois construct of the machine age? Our columnist Jason Goodwin takes aim at the lawn.Years

11 min read 2022-07-16 13:00:06

Secreted in an idyllic spot by a charming mill leat, the 12-acre garden surrounding The Duchess of Cornwall’s treasured home is a precious refuge.

10 min read 2022-07-10 13:00:09

Some people swear by a hardwood frame, others prefer aluminium. Whether you use yours for potting on or plating up, there’s a greenhouse for every