Anna pavord’s top ten garden travel books

John Hoyland never misses a chance to scour a second-hand bookshop for old gardening books, not only for advice, but for a glimpse into past gardening lives

The imagined gardens within the pages of our favourite books can seem as real as the flower beds outside our door. Here, author Sandra Lawrence explores three evocative literary landscapes

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My grandmother, Crac, was my first inspiration. She lived in the gatehouse at Lullingstone, where I live now. She taught me not to worry if you lose a few plants but just to keep on going. Every Frida

It should come as no surprise at all that the garden at Pitlowie House is filled with varied planting – especially of interesting trees and shrubs. It belongs to garden photographer Ray Cox and his wi

The usual choice of clothing when gardening is an old loose-fitting set of clothes such as pair of mended jeans and moth-eaten jumper. It’s only when you wear an item designed specifically for gardeni