Hard landscaping

Innovative 21st-century composting and mulching techniques combined with a 19th-century shelterbelt ensure that these famous gardens continue to thrive, writes Caroline Donald

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

It’s daunting to take on any established garden. Not least one that is more than a century old, Grade II listed and was described by the garden historian Professor Christopher Thacker as ‘the most con

Skilfully created by Christina Shand and filled with prized plants, Dyffryn Fernant sits harmoniously within an ancient Welsh landscape

The Welsh word for hillock or high point is ‘crûg’, which, in the case of Crûg Farm Plants refers to a thickly planted mound, the site of a lookout with views over a Roman road between Conwy and nearb