7 of the best water gardens

Find out about some of the most colourful and beautiful gardens around Britain

If you’ve ever wondered what the gardens of some of Britain’s best landscape architects look like, there’s a new book that tours these places

Hatfield House Work on this Jacobean house began in 1607 under instruction from the first Earl of Salisbury, Robert Cecil, and it has remained in the Cecil family ever since. Some 21 miles north of Lo

Flooded in 1928 ( above ) when it ...

Discover the joy of ‘messing about on boats’ with some of the UK’s prettiest canal journeys

James Cordingley, head gardener at National Trust Dunster Castle in Somerset, tells us about its diverse planting and historical features