Improving on perfection

A giant pond full of wildlife dominates this heavenly garden in the Highlands

As the sun rises over Mollan House in Thornhill, Iain Howieson is already out in the three-acre garden he shares with his wife Ruth. For an hour or so each day he wanders the paths that wind through t

Grove Ley garden, Somerton, Somerset The home of Dr and Mrs Michael Horder

Buying a dilapidated cottage in a bankruptcy sale led Kirstin Eriksson to fulfil her dream of country living and inspired a change of career, too

A meeting at a Royal Horticultural Society show in the sumptuous surroundings of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire brought together garden designer Phil Hirst and garden owners Alan and Mandy Peel, who w

The garden at Ballynure House, Co Wicklow, Ireland The home of Clare Reid Scott Where brambles once engulfed the historic gardens, colourful flower borders now hum with pollinators, writes Jane Powers