A spell in a crumbling country house with snow on the billiard table and swallows in the four-poster beds gave Annie Tempest the inspiration for her Tottering cartoon. More than three decades after the first strip, she reveals to Ben Lerwill how she pulls it off every week

When I think of garden visiting, I think of walking through an enticing gate and gasping at the hazy, romantic abundance of midsummer at its soaring, delicately coloured loveliest. I think of sitting

The owners of a Cotswolds manor house have rekindled its centuries-old spirit and transformed it into a welcoming family home full of style and warmth

My grandmother, Crac, was my first inspiration. She lived in the gatehouse at Lullingstone, where I live now. She taught me not to worry if you lose a few plants but just to keep on going. Every Frida

Bathed in burnished hues, a Hertfordshire cottage haven is a marriage of formal and wild planting

When friends who recently moved to west Devon invited us to see their new home, we decided to combine the visit with a brief autumn tour of the area, so we could explore the beautiful landscapes of Da