Lighting-up time

As the sun rises over Mollan House in Thornhill, Iain Howieson is already out in the three-acre garden he shares with his wife Ruth. For an hour or so each day he wanders the paths that wind through t

Mellow September sunshine filters through the slopes and terraces of the gardens at Iford Manor, painting the curated collection of plants, statuary and ornate details with a warm golden glow. Buttery

Kari-Astri Davies considers the dynamic nature of the garden and awakens some tender sleeping beauties

Grove Ley garden, Somerton, Somerset The home of Dr and Mrs Michael Horder

A meeting at a Royal Horticultural Society show in the sumptuous surroundings of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire brought together garden designer Phil Hirst and garden owners Alan and Mandy Peel, who w

It is autumn at Great Dixter, the iconic garden that has always blazed a trail for innovation. Now, it is pioneering new standards for gardening in a changing climate