Romantic planting with a sleek modern style creates a striking mix in this Hertfordshire garden

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

John and Jenny Brett have created an all-year garden design at St Mary’s, combining formal plant structures with colourful insect-friendly perennials, but in winter, when dusted with white and dancing with shadows, the garden shimmers

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

REAL readers' gardens! Putting the garden to bed ...