As well as being a visual feast, a garden can become a fragrant haven, says Heloise Brooke, head gardener at the National Trust’s Calke Abbey in Derbyshire. Here, she advises on plants to include for year-round perfume promise

In spring, thousands of daffodils illuminate the fields and riverbanks at Farndale, in a corner of North Yorkshire rich in folklore and history

As the sun sinks over the moat encircling Columbine Hall, reflections of the manor house stretch and soften on the still surface of the water. This is a profoundly romantic setting and, along with the

Tucked away in the south-east corner of the UK, within easy reach from London, Kent has long been known as ‘the garden of England’: a patchwork of rolling hills, lush fields and leafy vineyards, dotte

Across the grassy glades and sunlit spaces of Marwood Hill Gardens, early spring awakens to canopies of mature magnolias that shower the meandering paths with petals. It is a glorious spectacle, and o

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