The first of many

For almost 30 years, Valerie Finnis was a distinguished and charismatic teacher at the Waterperry Horticultural school for Women, near Oxford, founded in 1932 by the fearsomely smocked and gaitered Be

The garden at The Holt, Hampshire The home of Mr and Mrs Edward Wake

Creating a manageable garden around a Georgian rectory in rural Norfolk is an ongoing process for two keen gardeners

IT being the season for the painted purple ...

When summer beckons, it is answered by a chorus of glorious roses that fill an enchanting Isle of Wight garden, created from scratch by Derek and Louise Ness

An ocean of prejudice met the American heiresses who came to Britain at the dawn of the 20th century, but there was more to them than their wealth. Some earned their own titles, one flew helicopters and another made history as Britain’s first female MP