Book reviews

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

This cottage now has a garden to match its charming appearance, thanks to the efforts of its owners

Marian Boswall finds a major design exhibition provocative and compelling

Bathed in burnished hues, a Hertfordshire cottage haven is a marriage of formal and wild planting

Local stone, acres of glass and Japanese blackened timber have transformed a traditional 19th-century home on the Isle of Purbeck into a smart and stylish family home

The owners of a Cotswolds manor house have rekindled its centuries-old spirit and transformed it into a welcoming family home full of style and warmth