Asleep no more

The garden of Knowle House, East Sussex George Dillistone’s original Arts-and-Crafts design has been lovingly restored and updated with contemporary planting, discovers George Plumptre

Accessible gardens around a Cornish retirement village marry a rich horticultural past with modern living

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

In the six acres of grounds, Maud Peters has adopted a classical English gardening style with a dose of her own characteristic French flair

FACED WITH AN UNINSPIRING SPACE, NICOLA SET TO WORK TRANSFORMING IT TO CREATE A GARDEN PACKED WITH LIFE, COLOUR AND COMFY SEATING

This gorgeous garden was given a new lease of life when a pest-ravaged lawn was replaced with naturalistic planting