Back in bloom

Discover how the UK’s country houses defied the odds to survive as historic monuments and cultural centres

In March 2019, gardener Jo Downes dropped in to Corsley House in Wiltshire to see a friend, and by the time she left she had a job. Glen Senk and Keith Johnson, Anglophile Americans who had bought the

Walled gardens are an everyday feature of large country estates, but the splendid example at Broughton Grange defies all expectation. Rather than being a tucked-away working area for growing flowers a

Iconic glasshouse to undergo complete renovation and refit for carbon net-zero status, reports Ian Hodgson

The garden at Salthrop Manor, Wiltshire The home of Sophie Conran

Ever since the botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker ventured to the Himalayas on his 1847 plant-hunting expedition, this species-rich, biodiverse region has held a fascination for British plant lovers. It’s