Designer Tom Stuart-Smith: The Barn

Few designers can match Tom Stuart-Smith’s stellar reputation, built up in gardens he has created around the world and with no less than eight gold medal-winning gardens at Chelsea, three of which achieved Best in Show. This year he would have been one of the judges of the show gardens. His work combines naturalism and…

Gardening at home with Sarah | The Rose Garden in June

Join Sarah for a walk around the rose garden in June, as she shares her favourite varieties and why you should underplant your roses with salvias. Shop Sarah Raven: https://www.sarahraven.com/ Shop Roses: https://www.sarahraven.com/flowers/pl… Shop Salvias: https://www.sarahraven.com/flowers/pl… Featured Products: Rosa ‘Felicia’: https://www.sarahraven.com/rose-felic… Salvia x jamensis ‘Nachtvlinder’: https://www.sarahraven.com/salvia-x-j… Salvia ‘Cerro Potosí’: https://www.sarahraven.com/salvia-mic… Rosa ‘Belle Epoque’: https://www.sarahraven.com/rosa-belle… Rosa…

Centre Val de Loire : les jardins du Grand Courtoiseau

A proximité de Château Renard dans le Loiret se dresse le manoir Grand Courtoiseau. Animé par ses deux créateurs, Jean-Hervé Dussordet et Guy Herdhebaut, c’est un magnifique lieu de promenade et de découverte au centre du Loiret. Ce manoir du XVIIème siècle est agrémenté de jardins contemporains, fruits de l’imagination des actuels propriétaires. Le bruit…

Normandy gardens: a bird’s eye view

  “Beautiful from below and magical from above. The gardens of Normandy are exceptionally varied. From chateaux, cliffs, coastal valleys or bocage with its checkerboard of fields bordered by hedgerows, some of these graphic and visual geographical features only become visible from a bird’s point of view. These ephemeral geoglyphs are amazing yet subtle landmarks….

Cactus porn in the desert garden oasis of Sunnylands Gardens.

  Cactus porn in the desert garden oasis of Sunnylands Gardens. For the second of our latest series of Great Gardens, we visit the Californian landscape designed by artist James Burnett, which has hosted guests including Queen Elizabeth II, Frank Sinatra and Truman Capote. Cactus porn in the desert garden oasis of Sunnylands Gardens. For…