A new pattern

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

It is autumn at Great Dixter, the iconic garden that has always blazed a trail for innovation. Now, it is pioneering new standards for gardening in a changing climate

Sun, scent and super colour

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

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

Ancient rural skills in a modern world