7 sensational summer gardens to visit

Find out about the Great British Gardens where water is used to give a sense of beauty, calmness and tranquillity and provide a home for wildlife

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

What better way to relax – and pick up some great ideas at the same time – than visiting a wonderful NGS garden?

A close observation of the season’s cycles and respect for ecology have been the guiding principles in the development of the garden at Highlands, in the High Weald of East Sussex

The two-and-a-half-acre walled kitchen garden at Knightshayes, complete with fairytale turrets, is home to a vast collection of crops, some of which are now almost extinct. It is certified organic by

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