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Castle Rings
A long, thin country garden on the edge of an Iron Age hill fort just outside Shaftesbury, with spectacular views over the surrounding landscape.

Country garden in September with a mix of clipped evergreens, perennials and tender plants such as pelargoniums in containers. Country garden in September with a mix of clipped evergreens, perennials and tender plants such as pelargoniums in containers. Country garden in September featuring clipped evergreens and flowering plants framed by a hedge. View over a country garden in September. View over a country garden in September with clipped evergreens and late season perennials. Country garden in September featuring clipped evergreens and flowering plants framed by a hedge. View to the Dorset landscape across a country garden in September. View over a country garden in September. Porch of a country garden in September framed by a colourful planting of amaranthus and tagetes. Brick and pebble paving in a country garden in September. Brick path leading into a country garden in September past a clipped yew pyramid. Red leaves of ricinus in a country garden in September. Country garden with orange and pink flowers including annuals such as amaranthus and tagetes, and perennials such as dahlias and salvias in September.





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Ellicar in May
Ellicar was an institution rather than a home when Sarah and Will Murch took it on. However they could see past the chaos to the site's potential as a long term family home and as garden designer and nurseryman respectively had the required skills.

Woman in garden with her spaniel in May Deck on the edge of a natural swimming pool and bench below Sorbus aria 'Mitchellii', Thibetan whitebeams, at Ellicar garden in May Nymphaea 'Charles de Meurville' in May Natural swimming pond at Ellicar garden in May Natural swimming pond at Ellicar garden in May Natural swimming pond at Ellicar garden in May Natural swimming pond at Ellicar garden in May Natural swimming pond at Ellicar garden in May with Nymphaea 'Charles de Meurville' and a group of Sorbus aria 'Mitchellii' Nymphaea 'Charles de Meurville' in May Stepping stones on the edge of a pool in May A pair of wooden recliners below a rustic arbour in May Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' in May Border in front of flowery meadow at Ellicar garden in May





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A Country Retreat
Created over the last 20 years by Neil and Pamela Millward, the garden is a far cry from when they arrived to be greeted by a gloomy, overgrown lower garden, and an upper garden infested with bindweed where ivy roamed free.

Neil and Pamela Millward in the country garden they have lovingly created since 2002 in a tranquil Devon valley. Neil and Pamela Millward in the country garden they have lovingly created since 2002 in a tranquil Devon valley. A Georgian farmhouse overlooks a walled garden with Japanese acer, set against a backdrop of trees in the valley below. Seen over miscanthus and eupatorium heads, a lawn with a kidney-shaped island bed planted with ballotta, sedums, feather reed grass, salvias and a paperbark maple. Backdrop of mature trees. Seen over miscanthus and eupatorium heads, a lawn with a kidney-shaped island bed planted with ballotta, sedums, feather reed grass, salvias and a paperbark maple. Backdrop of mature trees. Seen over miscanthus and eupatorium heads, a lawn with a kidney-shaped island bed planted with ballotta, sedums, feather reed grass, salvias and a paperbark maple. Backdrop of mature trees. Seen over miscanthus and eupatorium heads, a lawn with a kidney-shaped island bed planted with ballotta, sedums, feather reed grass, salvias and a paperbark maple. Backdrop of mature trees. Seen over miscanthus and eupatorium heads, a lawn with a kidney-shaped island bed planted with ballotta, sedums, feather reed grass, salvias and a paperbark maple. Backdrop of mature trees. View over the lawn, past 'Annabelle' hydrangeas and golden hakonechloa, to a doorway leading into a walled front garden. Behind, a hill rises sharply. View over the lawn, past 'Annabelle' hydrangeas and golden hakonechloa, to a doorway leading into a walled front garden. Behind, a hill rises sharply. View through an old stone doorway into the stream garden with a meandering border planted with herbaceous perennials and ornamental grasses. The stream garden with a meandering herbaceous border planted with miscanthus, pittosporum, and perennials such as sedums, hardy geraniums, heucheras, oregano and scabious. The stream garden with a meandering herbaceous border planted with miscanthus, pittosporum, and perennials such as sedums, hardy geraniums, heucheras, oregano and scabious.





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Rhodes Drive
This rambling garden is situated on a vertiginous mountain slope bordering Cecilia's Forest in Constantia, Cape Town. It was was given a radical makeover resulting in cohesion and a restored sense of grandeur.

View of perennial and rose beds bordering the pool terrace Terraces featuring Cyathea australis and Hydrangea macrophylla underplanted with Trachelospermum jasminoides View of upper terrace and viewing deck across herb garden View of stone steps leading to seating area next to camphor tree on lower garden terrace with Cyathea australis and Brunfelsia Floribunda in the foreground Steps leading to upper terrace View of upper terrace boredring forest Viewing deck overlooking tiered water feature Stone pathway leading to viewing deck Upper terrace planted with Hydrangea macrophylla, camellia japonica, Cyathea australis, Heliotropium arborescens, Pelargonium tomentosum and Trachelospermum jasminoides creeping below the viewing deck View of upper garden terraces with Cyathea australis and Cyperus papyrus in the foreground View of pool terrace towards beds of mixed perennials View of stone steps leading to pool terrace Fire pit with Mazus reptans groundcover and sandstone seat bordered by Atriplex nummularia





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The Rose Gardens at Peter Beales
The two-acre display gardens at Peter Beales Roses in Norfolk not only showcase scores of the finest roses, but also demonstrate how best to grow them.

Ian Limmer, nursery manager at Peter Beales Roses. Ian Limmer, nursery manager at Peter Beales Roses. Ian Limmer, nursery manager at Peter Beales Roses. A swing-seat rests between a border of salvias, box balls and shrub roses. Behind, trained along a pergola and arbour is Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'. On right, Rosa 'Sir Paul Smith' 'Beapaul' A swing-seat rests between a border of salvias, box balls and shrub roses. Behind, trained along a pergola and arbour is Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'. A swing-seat rests between a border of salvias, box balls and shrub roses. Behind, trained along a pergola and arbour is R. 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'. On right, R. 'Sir Paul Smith' 'Beapaul' A swing-seat rests between a border of salvias, box balls and shrub roses. Behind, trained along a pergola and arbour is Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'. A swing-seat rests between a border of salvias, box balls and shrub roses. Behind, trained along a pergola and arbour is Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'. Pergola planted with (left to right) Rosa 'Wedding Day', R. 'Summer Wine', R. Ghislaine de Feligande', R. 'Compassion', R. 'Karlsruhe' and R. 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'. Pergola planted with roses (left to right) 'Wedding Day', 'Summer Wine', Ghislaine de Feligande', 'Compassion', 'Karlsruhe' and 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'. On pergola, right to left: Rosa 'Sir Paul Smith' ('Beapaul') and Rosa 'Karlsruhe' Right to left on pergola, Rosa 'Sir Paul Smith' ('Beapaul'), R. 'Karlsruhe', and R. 'Paul's Himalayan Musk' scrambling high on an arbour. Rosa 'Ghislaine de Feligonde', a pale apricot, almost thornless rambling rose that repeat flowers from June.





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Cleave Hill in Spring
Country garden with strong structure, a series of spaces defined by walls, outbuildings and a C17th thatched cottage, stirring into life in April.

Woman with border collies in her garden Stone path leading into a country garden in April, framed by a pair of staddle stones Stone path leading into a country garden in April. Thatched cottage in a country garden in April Courtyard garden with planting and container of tulips in April Courtyard garden with Robinia pseudoacacia 'Twisty Baby' underplanted with shrubs, wild flowers and an urn with tulips in April Courtyard garden with central planting of Robinia pseudoacacia 'Twisty Baby' and a container of tulips in April Border with repeated clipped box spheres in April Thatched cottage with a mixed border in the foreground Grass path leading between borders in a country garden in April Curving cobbled path framed by red and yellow flowers in a country garden in April Courtyard garden with central planting of tree and a container of tulips surrounded by primroses in April Sunken courtyard garden in a country garden in April





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Susie Harris-Leblond
Susie Harris-Leblond is one half of Flourish Flower Farm, an urban flower farm located in Cape Town's southern suburbs.

Susie Harris-Leblond picking dahlias in her cutting garden Flower patch planted with assorted dahlias, lavender, amaranth, cosmos 'cosmic orange' and sunflowers Greenhouse with seedlings in foreground Pathway leading to greenhouse Chicken coop overgrown with passiflora edulis and nicotiana creeping across the fence in the foreground Spring bulbs and lavender planted along pathway leading to chicken coop Garden owner, Susie Harris-Leblond walking with her pet chickens Susie Harris-LeBlond with her pet chickens and labrador Susie Harris-Leblond picking flowers in her cutting garden Dhalia 'Cafe Au Lait' Dahlia 'Linda's Baby' Dahlia 'Edinburg' Gardener picking flowers surrounded by lavender, dahlias, amaranth and sunflowers





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The Burrows Garden
A formal country garden of over 5 acres, with a Temple garden, and reflection pool, many formal vistas, lots of statuary and topiary set in the heart of Derbyshire.

Nicky Dalton deadheading Clematis viticella 'Rubra' at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August The front garden of the Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August View of the house through the rose hips at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August Clematis viticella 'Rubra' at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August Clematis viticella 'Rubra' at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August View of the house through the rose hips at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August View of the house through the rose hips at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August Front garden at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August View of the house through the Rose Garden at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August Columns with Eagle statues at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August View of the house through the hedges and metalwork at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August Circular gravel bed with pond and fountain and bordered by lollipop topiary at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August Circular gravel bed with pond and fountain and bordered by lollipop topiary at The Burrows Gardens, Derbyshire, in August





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Hoath House
Country garden noted for the extensive collection of Snowdrops painstakingly increased by the owners' Mother Jane Streatfeild.

Jane Streatfeild - garden owner of Hoath House large drifts of Galanthus nivalis in naturalised grass at the front of the house Hoath House drifts of Galanthus nivalis on a bank with Taxus baccata - Yew topiary and weatherboarded barn drifts of Galanthus nivalis on a bank with Taxus baccata - Yew topiary and weatherboarded barn drifts of Galanthus nivalis on a bank with Taxus baccata - Yew topiary and weatherboarded barn massed Galanthus nivalis naturalised in grass under trees with swing in February Drifts of Galanthus 'S.Arnott' with a view of The High Weald of Kent over Hawthorn hedge - Crataegus monogyna sculptural Fagus sylvatica - Beech hedges - in winter Fagus sylvatica - Beech - tree underplanted with Galanthus nivalis - common snowdrop. A group of Betula utilis var. Jacquemontii -West Himalayan birch underplanted with Galanthus nivalis - common snowdrop A group of Betula utilis var. Jacquemontii -West Himalayan birch underplanted with Galanthus nivalis - common snowdrop drifts of Galanthus nivalis - Common Snowdrop under Pinus pinea - Pine tree





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Forest Lodge in Late Spring
A three acre mature country garden open to the surrounding farmland and landscape, including a collection of fine ornamental trees, created by owner Lucy Nelson since 1998.

Gardener in a vegetable garden in May. Terraced rose garden in May with Allium 'Purple Sensation'. Terrace in a country garden in May with borders of yew pyramids. Formal terraced rose garden with lots of purple alliums in May. Formal terraced garden with circular pond in May. Formal terraced garden with circular pond in May. Formal terraced rose garden with circular pond and lots of Allium 'Purple Sensation' in May. Formal terraced garden with circular pond in May. Allium 'Purple Sensation' amongst roses in May Campanula portenschlagiana flowering on steps and walls in a country garden in May Campanula portenschlagiana colonising steps in May Campanula portenschlagiana colonising steps in May Campanula portenschlagiana colonising steps in May





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