Out of the darkness

In December 1997, we moved from a tiny London garden to our new home, Old Park Barn in Buckinghamshire. It was daunting – a huge leap of faith from gardening in an urban courtyard to essentially an ov

An award-winning restoration has transformed the interior of this fire-damaged great house in time for the celebrations surrounding the tercentenary of the death of its designer, Sir John Vanbrugh. John Goodall reports

Pass through The Old Rectory’s entrance gate off a country lane and you’ll find yourself travelling along a gently winding drive that’s cradled by stands of evergreen rhododendrons and laurel with can

Wrapped in the wild and timeless beauty of North West Wales, its landscape forged by the elemental forces of ice, wind and rain, is an oasis of calm and order. It is the beautiful and unique garden of

There is no doubting that spring has arrived at Westwood House in Shropshire as a rainbow of tulips flower in borders, and the orchard comes alive with daffodils and blossom on the bough

Located in the heart of the Herefordshire countryside and surrounded by a moat, this romantic timber-framed house contains over 600 years of history within its walls