The contented garden

Natural perennial planting, with light-diffusing grasses and pools of burnished colour, has elevated a relaxed Sussex farmhouse plot

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

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

Successful gardens take heed of their surroundings, but few give it quite the consideration of Cotswold Farm. At this Arts & Crafts garden, set high up in the Cotswolds, the Gloucestershire landscape

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