The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden… plus her diary for the week!

It is hard to overstate the compelling beauty of Bodnant Garden. Built into a valley with the majestic Carneddau mountain range as its backdrop, it is expertly woven into the landscape. The garden has

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

REAL readers' gardens! Geoff Stonebanks A seaside garden ...

The sweet violet, Viola odorata, may be a diminutive flower, but its small, slightly asymmetrical, pansy-like flowers are highly fragrant. They open in early spring before most plants have even though

As the sun sinks over the moat encircling Columbine Hall, reflections of the manor house stretch and soften on the still surface of the water. This is a profoundly romantic setting and, along with the