A chance purchase was the inspiration behind one gardener’s covetable country garden

The search for still-life subjects led the artist Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country, discovers Tiffany Daneff

Spindly to splendid These are my ‘Earthwalker’ sunflowers ...

It’s a rare thing to meet someone with true panache, but it’s the quality I see immediately when I meet Francine Raymond on a cool autumn day. The acclaimed gardener, fowl fancier, designer and writer

A bit of a mess

A plant-packed suburban garden in London that is accessible all year.