Times to remember

The garden at Salthrop Manor, Wiltshire The home of Sophie Conran

REAL readers' gardens!

Ever since the botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker ventured to the Himalayas on his 1847 plant-hunting expedition, this species-rich, biodiverse region has held a fascination for British plant lovers. It’s

Allowing plants to fend for themselves without staking builds resilience and creates relaxed billowing borders in this windswept autumn garden

Hidden away, one keen gardener has created a lush oasis of rare and unusual plants

We may have invented the flower border, but planting them remains one of the trickiest things to get right. Charles Quest-Ritson looks at the secrets behind the very best