Back in bloom

WAKEHURST, the 16th-century West Sussex home of Kew’s ...

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

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

Originally a means of keeping a living record of garden plants, our 722 National Plant Collections–of everything from Abies to Zingiber –set the gold standard across the world. Charles Quest-Ritson meets some of the expert collection holders

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

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