Stancombe revisited

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

The gardens at Bledlow Manor, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire The home of Baron Carrington of Upton

From time to time, a landscaping project comes along that requires particularly delicate handling. This Tudor yeoman farmer’s house, built in 1485, with later additions, is just such a place. Hidden a

The garden at Stavordale Priory, Somerset The home of Michael Le Poer Trench and Sir Cameron Mackintosh

BACK in 1606, Lord North was unwell. His “lingering consumptive disorder” baffled his doctors. A stay in a remote hunting lodge cadged from a friend hadn’t helped, but on a country ride he came across

Once lost in a tangled wilderness, a Kent garden has been lovingly revived, in harmony with its ancient chalk land roots