Nearly 20 years ago, we bought a house in north London, not just for the building itself, but because hidden behind the terraced row was a secluded garden – a delightful surprise in this central Londo

Behind a high beech hedge, where southwest London meets wild common land, garden designer Lucy Willcox has created a hidden sanctuary blending mid-century structure with contemporary naturalistic plan

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

Within a framework of mature trees, this naturalistic Surrey garden contains a mix of informal planting and formal topiary

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

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