Traditional gardens

The reflections on the waters encircling Hindringham Hall in Norfolk have changed little in 500 years, but, in the surrounding gardens, its owners have brought about a series of exciting transformations

Having moved back to her former home on the Badminton Estate, Miranda Beaufort is reaping the rewards of prior planning and expansion, and delighting in beautiful cottage-garden plantings

In an extract from his new book, Gardens of the Hamptons, writer Blue Carreon introduces us to a legendary interior and garden designer's East Hampton garden filled with a profusion of roses

In an extract from her book, ‘Gardens in my Life’ from 2021, legendary garden designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd tells the story of her family home and garden at the Palazzo Parisi in Oliveto, Lazio

Working with designer Milan Hajsinek, Cordelia de Castellane has created a glorious garden at her country house in northern France, where the abundant borders provide beautiful flowers for her home as well as inspiration for her role as a creative director at Dior

In a quiet corner of rural Dorset, Jasper Conran’s 17th-century house is surrounded by an informal, flower-filled garden that reflects the designer’s predilection for constantly evolving and creative planting

Designers' own gardens offer a rare insight into their creative world. At Ashington Manor in Somerset, legendary duo Isabel and Julian Bannerman have conjured an enchanting scheme that embodies their romantic approach, effortlessly balancing wildness and structure

In a hidden valley in the Cotswolds, Owlpen has quietly weathered the centuries, thanks to committed custodians, including its present owners, who have worked hard to ensure that its gardens remain as spellbinding as ever

In rejuvenating Sir Frank Lowe's riverside garden, Jo Thompson has introduced a wealth of flowers rich in colour and scent, inspired by the Arts and Crafts connections of this west London house

Created by Arts and Crafts architect Robert Weir Schultz, the garden at this Hampshire barn conversion features his original topiary, enhanced by the current owner’s borders of cottage-garden classics, and the addition of a fernery and a spectacular camellia walk

Fabric designer Richard Smith and his husband Andrew Blackman have spent nearly two decades creating distinct spaces that fit with the surrounding nature reserve

Inspired by happy childhood memories, designer Sophie Conran is gradually transforming her Wiltshire garden into a rural idyll, where elegant ornamental borders, gloriously overstuffed beds and a bountiful kitchen garden supply the handsome Georgian house with cut flowers and fresh produce

Filled with peonies, foxgloves and a mass of roses, the romantic walled garden of this Spitalfields townhouse was sensitively created by young designer Miria Harris for Ben Adler and his late wife Pat Llewellyn

Having turned a farmyard into a walled garden at Upper Sydling House in Dorset, Susanne Cooper commissioned Isabel and Julian Bannerman to help her to create the beautifully structured series of harmonious spaces that showcase more of her beloved roses and frame views of the meadows beyond

At Chevithorne Barton, Ed and Alice Heathcoat Amory are continuing a family tradition as they nurture the naturalistic garden designed by his great grandmother, and the renowned collection of oak trees begun by his father

Spring is a glorious time in the gardens of Badminton House, as myriad varieties of tulip flood the estate with captivating colour combinations

On the site of a former abbey in Oxfordshire, designer Angel Collins has combined ecclesiastical symmetry with informal planting to create a garden that is both awe-inspiring and delightfully domestic

A glorious garden in Gloucestershire, known for its romantic plantings and fragrant old roses, is a testament to the creativity and horticultural sensibility of three generations of green-fingered women

Within their smallholding on the Hampshire Downs, landscape architects Kim Wilkie and Pip Morrison have created an idyllic garden designed to be part of the wider picture, where wildlife, livestock and humans can exist harmoniously side by side in nature