The front garden is packed with scent and colour thanks to Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ and Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’.
The Warmest WELCOME
Even in the chill of late winter, Rosemary Alexander’s relaxed Sussex garden at Sandhill Farm House is ready to welcome visitors with outstretched arms, a feast for the senses emerging from its fertile soil
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Lilac sweet rocket, the soft pink rose ‘Queen of Sweden’, salmon-pink oriental poppies and bearded iris ‘Benton Caramel’, in a border presided over by a pinky-red hawthorn; Crataegus x media
‘Paul’s Scarlet’ is similar.
Back to BASICS
Mary Giblin has gardened all her life but after completing a design course, her new space has had the benefit of what she calls a ‘garden-changing’ approach
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Shooting spires of Ligularia ‘The Rocket’ and purple-black Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’ in the Howiesons’ Bog Garden.
Hit REFRESH
An established but ailing garden on the edge of the Trossachs was ripe for revival, and what the storms had started, Iain and Ruth Howieson continued, clearing decrepit trees and renewing the garden’s structure with colourful herbaceous planting
In Jeremy Allen’s Essex garden, borders feature perennials such as Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ and grasses including Molinia caerulea ‘Edith Dudszus’.
Golden HOURS
Late autumn is a special time of year at The Old Vicarage in Wormingford, where Jeremy Allen has retained a backdrop of superb mature trees, complementing them with dazzling new beech, walnut and tulip trees to add to the glowing display
The Shape WITHIN
Sarah Vermont discovered her inner artist on moving to Hungerdowns in Essex. Now an accomplished topiarist, she’s coaxed dazzling forms from yew to fill this former farmyard
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Cones of frosted yew, some topped with inquisitive birds, line either side of the avenue that leads from the garden to the woodland area.