At Belcombe Court in Wiltshire, a historic landscape blends centuries-old architecture, classical planting and modern garden ideas

Inspired ideas and buys for the great outdoors

In December 1997, we moved from a tiny London garden to our new home, Old Park Barn in Buckinghamshire. It was daunting – a huge leap of faith from gardening in an urban courtyard to essentially an ov

Spring is heralded with a rich array of rocky gems in this wonderful west Scottish garden

Purple punctuates the planting: here an acer, verbena and some pinky-purple crinum, or swamp lily, stand out

Inspired by tropical travels, one gardening enthusiast transformed a sandy Leicestershire plot into a colourful, plant-packed paradise for all ages