The quiet beauty of winter sets the stage in this garden, where topiary shapes and the borrowed landscape are the main performers

Amy McCormack, senior gardener at the National Trust’s Anglesey Abbey, on planting for winter colour and scent and protecting perennials from frost

A good time to visit The Old Rectory in Doynton is as dusk falls on a frosty December evening. Driving in through the gate, you’ll be cheered by the sight of two illuminated Portuguese laurel cylinder

The garden in winter can often seem like something to be endured rather than enjoyed for gardeners who dash to garden centres at Easter, departing with cars brimful of petunias and bags of compost. Bu

The first glimpse of Cressy Hall, appearing as you round a bend on the narrow serpentine drive that winds to the rear of the house, is a moment of wonder. There stands a fine red-brick building of han

When garden designers Julie Toll and Ian Kitson moved to Biggerside, a 17th-century farmhouse in Cumbria, they brought with them not just a shared vision, but the combined expertise needed to meld thi