Back to the future at blenheim

At Belcombe Court in Wiltshire, a historic landscape blends centuries-old architecture, classical planting and modern garden ideas

Originally built in 1703, as the London home of the Duke of Buckingham, Buckingham House was acquired by the newly married King George III in 1761, as an escape from the nearby St James’s Palace, the

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

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

Butter Wakefield has spread her wings. Renowned for her beautifully detailed city gardens, she now has a five-acre, award-winning design in her portfolio. “I love our London gardens, but being able to

Tim Martin, National Trust head gardener at Greys Court in Oxfordshire, on the joys of spring and the beauty of slow gardening