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

In winter, when the art school here at Benton End closed for the year and the garden fell quiet, Cedric Morris would head to warmer climes to escape the chill of his 16th-century house, but also to pa

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

Right now, I’m pruning the roses. I hate them looking so straggly and forlorn, and he-who-has-opinions can’t bear their wayward stems trying to snag him as he makes his way to the shed. I feel the ros

Reader Caroline Crocker celebrates her chance to reclaim the family garden to create a plant lover’s paradise with a focus on climate resilience.

Orderly hedges and classic features contrast with unruly wildlife-friendly planting in this rural Hertfordshire garden