You learn a lot about people from their own little piece of the great outdoors...and a lot about a country from its backyards. Native plant diehards who see neighbours' gardens as an ecological crime; people whose yards are for basics such as vegetables; trendy lifestyle types with 'outdoor rooms'; and dozens of others.
Rousham in Oxfordshire was one of the first landscape gardens created in England and is, still, one of the most influential. Designed by William Kent in the late 1730s for the Cottrell-Dormer family (who are its owners today) it has become a place of pilgrimage for landscape architects and garden designers worldwide as well as garden lovers.
A vibrantly colourful selection of watercolours and gouaches of 28 exclusive and inspiring gardens around the world by painter Christian Peltenburg-Brechneff
There is beauty and wonder in a winter garden, from the pale warmth of late autumn to the cool blue hues of January. Topiary, pleaching, perennials and scented winter shrubs are plants or methods that look as majestic in snow as they do in sunlight. Designers featured include Arne Maynard, Dan Pearson, Arabella Lennox Boyd and Fergus Garrett.
The Lives and Gardens of Humphrey Waterfield and Nancy Tennant
Humphrey Waterfield and Nancy Tennant met in 1932 when she was 35 and he 24. Theirs was the creation of Hill Pasture 'the most beautiful small garden in England' and the restoration of Le Clos du Peyronnet garden in Menton, France. A portrait of a deeply committed 'non-marriage' set against two world wars and the transformative power of nature.
The appeal of English gardens is beautifully realised by Clive Nichols one of Europe's finest photographers. His is a world filled with overflowing herbaceous borders, burgeoning kitchen gardens and emerald-green topiary. Gardens include Emma Keswick's at Rockcliffe Hall, Julianne Fernandez's at Tyger Barn and Piet Oudolf's at Hauser and Wirth.
Inspiration from America's Special Tropical Island
Bright colors, floral patterns, and cottage-styles are all design choices associated with the Florida Keys. Key West, one of the most famous tropical islands in the world, embodies the ideas of the Florida Keys while also presenting its own style and culture. In Leslie Linsley's Key West Cottages & Gardens, lovers of the Key West architectural and ......
The Great Gardens of Cornwall represents the very best of the huge number of estates and gardens open to the public in Cornwall. Their diversity is astonishing: from the castle setting of Caerhays, with its long traditions of magnolia and camellia propagation dating back to the days of the Victorian plant hunters, to the cutting-edge modernism of ......
