English country gardens

The two-and-a-half-acre walled kitchen garden at Knightshayes, complete with fairytale turrets, is home to a vast collection of crops, some of which are now almost extinct. It is certified organic by

Dust your patch with medal-winning magic with these RHS Chelsea show garden steals

Hatfield House Work on this Jacobean house began in 1607 under instruction from the first Earl of Salisbury, Robert Cecil, and it has remained in the Cecil family ever since. Some 21 miles north of Lo

To mark our 40th birthday, we launched a landmark survey investigating how nature affects mental wellbeing. Is pottering around outside better than pounding the treadmill at the g ym? Is a walk in the park as good as weeding your garden? Which British flower is the best mood-booster? The results are in…

Natural perennial planting, with light-diffusing grasses and pools of burnished colour, has elevated a relaxed Sussex farmhouse plot

Kari-Astri Davies considers the dynamic nature of the garden and awakens some tender sleeping beauties