Rnli and peter beales create the ‘with courage’ rose

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When summer beckons, it is answered by a chorus of glorious roses that fill an enchanting Isle of Wight garden, created from scratch by Derek and Louise Ness

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Originally a means of keeping a living record of garden plants, our 722 National Plant Collections–of everything from Abies to Zingiber –set the gold standard across the world. Charles Quest-Ritson meets some of the expert collection holders

Romance and fun aren’t the words you usually expect to see on a business plan. For Victoria and Barney Martin, however, these words have remained the focus of their work for over a decade. Stokesay Fl

The path from tiny seedling to brand-new rose was a thorny one for the bloom crowned ‘The King’s Rose’ in 2025. Sharon Amos takes up the story