Living tapestries

Prairie-style planting surrounds this classic Georgian house, creating texture and a sense of drama against the backdrop of meadows and coppiced woodland

A thoughtfully designed front garden offers a warm welcome home, balances practical considerations and creates a healthy habitat for flora and fauna. Here’s how to do it

Hatfield House Work on this Jacobean house began in 1607 under instruction from the first Earl of Salisbury, Robert Cecil, and it has remained in the Cecil family ever since. Some 21 miles north of Lo

Placing key elements in the centre is not always the best option and can create a lack of visual interest. A common way to organize pictorial elements is to geometrically divide the picture plane into

This artist’s garden is a stunning composition of colour and form, envisaged in a series of distinct ‘rooms’ that draw you in to explore and enjoy the outside space

When Debora Robertson moved to France, she discovered that cultivating a garden is about more than just plants