MARCH SPRING into
Between THE LINES
The confident axes of a classic Colvin & Moggridge design harbour magnificent trees, scented shrubs and sweeps of early spring bulbs at Upton Wold, known as ‘the hidden garden of the Cotswolds’
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS JACKY HOBBS
This image The garden’s clean, confident lines are the result of a design by Hal Moggridge
Opposite Snowdrops spring up between the exposed, moss-covered roots of a wingnut tree, Pterocarya fraxinifolia
Banish the BLUES
For vibrant colour in the post-Christmas lull, look no further than the wonderful winter garden at Bodnant in North Wales, with plants carefully selected to lift the spirits and put on a show at the gloomiest time of year
WORDS ANN COOKE PHOTOGRAPHS JOE WAINWRIGHT
A tapestry of evergreen foliage, bright winter stems and colourful flowers fills Bodnant’s winter garden with uplifting colour.
Magnolia MAGIC
With staggering views stretching out across a magnolia-spangled Devonshire valley, in spring, Marwood Hill Gardens are a plantsperson’s kaleidoscopic dream, with choice plant selections spread over 20 masterfully planted acres
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS NICOLA STOCKEN
Beyond a patchwork of daffodils, pale pink Magnolia x loebneri ‘Merrill’ and darker M. sprengeri var. diva ‘Marwood Spring’.
The formal moated garden is divided by an avenue of pleached limes, a backdrop to borders planted with white tulips in blocks of box, sage or alchemilla.
No Place Like HOME
The moated magnificence of Columbine Hall in Suffolk has provided the home of Hew Stevenson and his late wife Leslie Geddes-Brown, for over 30 years, and the one and only workplace of head gardener Kate Elliott, the 29 acres of garden and woodland becoming a place to realise all their long-held dreams
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS NICOLA STOCKEN
Highly fragrant Viola ‘Crepuscule’ is unusual for its apricot-yellow flowers, the lower petals often faintly su used with mauve.
Making Scents
Hidden away in hedgerows, tiny purple Viola odorata has a perfume that really packs a punch. And after centuries of breeding, centred around the South West, there are now many delightful and equally fragrant cultivars to choose from in a range of colours
WORDS VAL BOURNE PHOTOGRAPHS ANNAÏCK GUITTENY
