Arundel Castle

In April, Arundel Castle hosts an annual tulip festival which makes for a stunning visitor attraction.  The castle sits in 38 acres of landscaped grounds including walled gardens, parts of which were redesigned by Isabel and Julian Bannerman in 2007.  Head gardener Martin Duncan has...

Doynton Rectory

The Old Rectory is a formal country garden and Georgian rectory in South Gloucestershire, restored by the owners over a period of 12 years.  Garden designer Iain MacDonald worked with the owners on the garden, which consists of approximately 2 acres of walled garden as part...

Derry Watkins Garden in March

Derry Watkins Garden in August

West Marches

A garden designed by Alice Meacham to link a contemporary 'upside down' house to its hillside setting in Lyme Regis.  A series of tiered planting beds using oak sleepers as retaining walls define a dining terrace near the house which is sited on top of...

Isles of Scilly

About 30km off Land's End, there's nowhere quite like them in the UK.  The warm winter climate and free-draining sandy soil supports a somewhat Mediterranean, even tropical flora of succulents and palm trees, beautifully demonstrated at the famous Tresco Abbey Gardens.  Each of the five inhabited...

Clouds Hill

A wooded, hillside garden of approx 1/2 acre near the Jurassic Coast that has been developed by the owners over the past 20 years. Mixed borders surround the mid-century house and various Rhododendrons provide splashes of early season colour. There are also wilder margins with...