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Hoveton Hall
There is a fairytale quality about the walled garden at Hoveton Hall, from the moment the latticed Spider Gate swings open to reveal a flinted cobweb motif held captive by borders spun from gossamer-like flowers, ready to entrap dew drops.

An old cottage overlooks the walled Spider Garden at Hoveton Hall. A gravel path separates herbaceous borders edged in box hedges. Hoveton Hall - feature portrait Walled garden with grass path between borders, with box circle Grass path separating borders, with a box circle halfway An old cottage at end of gravel path with borders edged in box hedging. Grass path between borders through a clipped box circle in the centre Pebble mosaic in the form of a spider's web. Spider Garden, Hoveton Hall Grass path between summer borders in The Spider Garden, Hoveton Hall Stipa gigantea in mixed border View along grass path between large summer borders with Stipa gigantea Grass path between borders of with plumes of Stipa gigantea Stipa gigantea in box edged summer border Stipa gigantea rising above lysimachia in box edged border.





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East Bergholt Gardens in Autumn
East Bergholt Place has an intensely individual family garden, combining a century’s heritage with ongoing new planting, creating a beautiful place to pass on to the next generation.

East Bergholt Place - country house and garden East Bergholt Gardens in Autumn - feature portrait View between yew hedging and topiary to large country house beyond View through large yew arch to country house The terrace with views through a monumental yew arch to twin borders Terrace with view through a monumental yew arch Formal parterre, with Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium' in October Seen over a parterre an Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium', the downy Japanese maple, in full autumn colour stands behind a clipped yew alcove and bench. Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium' behind a clipped yew alcove and bench. Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium' - the downy Japanese maple, in full autumn colour stands behind a clipped yew alcove and bench. Euonymus grandiflorus, the large flowered spindle tree, in full autumn colour. Behind, magnolia, alongside a topiary spiral. Trees in autumn colour next to large pond. A grassy path flanks an ornamental pond with a bench beneath Nyssa sinensis Nymans Form.





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Pojega Garden Under Snow
The beauty is clear to see when one of the most important Italian formal gardens is covered in snow.

Formal Italian garden covered in snow Formal Italian garden covered in snow. Topiary hedging covered in snow	Topiary hedging covered in snow	Topiary hedging covered in snow	The Italian formal garden and the hornbeam path The Italian formal garden and the hornbeam path The Italian formal garden and the hornbeam path The Italian formal garden and the hornbeam path The Italian formal garden and the hornbeam path The Italian formal garden and the hornbeam path Hornbeam path covered in snow Hornbeam path covered in snow





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Rodmarton Manor
Winter shows off the bones of this garden and highlights its extensive collection of snowdrops, including those named after the couple who commissioned the house and garden, Claud and Margaret Biddulph, whose descendants look after the garden today.

The Leisure Garden with a stone urn and variegated clipped box at its centre, Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. The Leisure Garden with a stone urn and variegated clipped box at its centre, Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK.
The Leisure Garden with a stone urn and variegated clipped box at its centre, Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK.
The Leisure Garden with a stone urn and variegated clipped box at its centre, Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK.
Pleached limes and clipped box at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. Pleached limes and clipped box at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. The Troughery with Topiary Garden behind at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. The Topiary Garden edged with stone troughs, a wall and urns, with countryside beyond at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. Topiary garden at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. Topiary garden at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. Pair of classic urns displayed on stone wall in the Topiary garden, with views out to surrounding fields at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. Low stone wall displayed with troughs and classic urns, with view to countryside beyond at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK. Double herbaceous borders at Rodmarton Manor, Glos, UK.





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Iford Manor
An extremely distinctive garden, a ‘little Italy’ in England, and a great influence on subsequent designers.

A border below a colonnade, bed full of Salvia, Sedum, Geraniums and Nepeta - Catmint View across wide path to colonnade and border as sun sets, plants include Nepeta - Catmint - and Salvia View along wide path with border and colonnade at sunset Double border at sunset with pools of Nepeta - Catmint - spilling on to wide path, beyond a framework of architectural fragments View up wide path at sunset with pools of Nepeta - Catmint - spilling from the double border and a framework of architectural fragments Byzantine wellhead below a Roman column topped by a small lion, Nepeta - Catmint - over paved area A border full of Papaver - Opium Poppy -  and Nepeta - Catmint - backed by a colonnade and surrounded by sculptural fragments Clipped Buxus - Box - hedging and topiary on the terrace, colonnade in background A casita with foliage plants either side of entrance Steps leading up between a pair of Cupressus sempervirens - Pencil Cypress, stone walls on either side with container plantings Paved court with wrought iron work boundary and a pair of Italian marble dancing figures marking entrance A marble lion below columns topped by Sienese saints from the 15th century, arising from mature shrubby Salvia rosmarinus - Rosemary - with Salvia - Sage nearby Paved area with wrought iron work and a pair of Italian marble dancing figures





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Bourton House
A contemporary classic of 3 acres created since 1983, designed by Monique and Richard Paice who moved some years ago, leaving the garden under the care of Roelof and Cheryl Quintus, and a skilled garden team headed by Jacky Rae.

Bourton House, Moreton-in-Marsh in August Stone basket pond from the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Knot Garden at Bourton House, Gloucestershire, UK. The Parterre at Bourton House at dawn Hedera - Ivy - covered arbour on the raised walk, viewed from mixed border with Lavandula - Lavender Ivy covered arbours on the raised walk at Bourton House, August Hydrangea seemannii trained around a window with Euphorbia myrsinites, lavender and ceratostigma below Ivy clipped tightly to a pilaster on the facade of Bourton House View past planted urn on the terrace to lawn at at Bourton House, Gloucestershire, UK. The Warm Border at Bourton House, Moreton-in-Marsh in August including Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer', Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff', Kniphofia 'Mango Popsical' and tiger lilies. View along border featuring: Canna 'Durban', Dahlia 'Moonfire', Alchemilla mollis, Aeonium, Agave attenuata, Oxalis vulcanicola 'Zinfandel', Crocosmia 'Lucifer' and Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer' The Warm Border at Bourton House, Moreton-in-Marsh in August featuring Canna 'Durban', Dahlia 'Moonfire', Alchemilla mollis, aeoniums, Agave attenuata, Oxalis vulcanicola 'Zinfandel', Crocosmia 'Lucifer' and Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'. The Warm Border at Bourton House, Moreton-in-Marsh in August including Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer', Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff', Kniphofia 'Mango Popsical' and tiger lilies. Border of vividly coloured perennials including Agave attenuata, Canna 'Durban', Dahlia 'Moonfire', Alchemilla mollis,  aeonium and Crocosmia 'Lucifer'





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Loseley Park
There is a wonderful energy during the summertime at Loseley Park gardens, with vibrant colour everywhere you look (other than in the White Garden which is more serene).

Colourful mixed Alcea rosea and Dianthus in the Herb Garden. Loseley Park, Surrey Formal pathway through Herb Garden with Feverfew, Allium seedheads, Borage, Hollyhocks, Inula and clipped topiary Dramatic summer displays in The Flower Garden, Loseley Park, Surrey, UK. View of garden showing path, borders with blue and yellow flowers with pair of ornate terracotta pots with contrasting red flowers Pleached trees surrounding dramatic summer displays in The Flower Garden, Loseley Park, Surrey, UK.  Colourful summer displays in The Flower Garden including verbascum, geranium, crocosmia, alchemilla mollis and pleached trees, Loseley Park, Surrey Dramatic summer displays of Ricinus communis, Verbascum, Inula, Rosa, Veronica and Campanula in The Flower Garden, Loseley Park, Surrey, UK. Colourful summer displays in The Flower Garden including verbascum, helenium, Buphthalmum salicifolium, heliopsis, campanula, echinops and pleached trees, Loseley Park, Surrey Pathway lined with trees through colourful summer borders of Crocosmia 'Lucifer', Euphorbia, Verbascum and Heliopsis Colourful summer border with verbascum, Crocosmia 'Lucifer' and Heliopsis.  Loseley Park, Surrey Colourful summer displays in The Flower Garden, Loseley Park, Surrey, UK. Colourful summer displays in the Flower Garden with Campanula, Alchemilla mollis, Buphthalmum salicifolia 'Sunwheel' and Helenium Flower garden with Campanula, Alchemilla mollis, Buphthalmum salicifolia 'Sunwheel' and Helenium under trees





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Giardino Giusti Verona
This stunning classic Italian garden is steeped in history and remains a place of wonderment for the people of Verona and is frequented by visitors from around the globe.

French-style parterre in snow Court of Honor and avenue of cypresses Ornate wall and ironwork gate and avenue of Cupressus - Cypress - trees Classic gateway and decorative wall - Court of honor and avenue of cypresses View of Court of honor and avenue of cypresses at Giardino Giusti, Verona View through arch to court of honor and avenue of cypresses at Giardino Giusti, Verona Decorative brick chimney pots with view to sculpture in snow covered garden Ornate wall with entrance and statue in alcove View through open gateway to sculpture in snow covered formal garden View through open gateway in wall to sculpture in snow covered garden beyond View through gateway in wall to Cupressus - Cypress - trees and statuary beyond Wall with deciduous climber, gateway and alcove with statue View along path between avenue of Cupressus - Cypress - trees





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Lowther Castle
In the late eighteenth century the gardens and setting of Lowther Castle in Cumbria were compared to the great Summer Palace in Beijing for their beauty.

The shell of Lowther Castle with parterre in front, view from wildflower meadow Parterre in front of castle, low blocks of Taxus - Yew framing herbaceous perennials including Hemerocallis 'Hyperion', Molinia 'Karl Foerster' and Lythrum salicaria 'Zigeunerblut' Parterre in front of the castle Parterre near castle with low blocks of Taxus - Yew - framing herbaceous perennials including Filipendula venusta 'Rubra', Salvia pratensis 'Indigo' and Veronicastrum virginicum 'Spring Dew' Parterre in front of castle with low blocks of Taxus - Yew - framing herbaceous perennials including Filipendula venusta 'Rubra' and Veronicastrum virginicum 'Spring Dew' Young trees in a patch of wild flower meadow with Parterre Garden behind at Lowther Castle Young trees in a patch of wild flower meadow with Parterre Garden behind at Lowther Castle View from wildflower meadow with young tree, to parterre with perennials Thalictrum 'Elin' and Molinia 'Karl Foerster', castle backdrop Parterre with low blocks of Taxus - Yew - framing herbaceous perennials including Filipendula venusta 'Rubra' and Veronicastrum virginicum 'Spring Dew', castle behind Parterre with Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia, Thalictrum 'Elin', Taxus baccata - Yew - and Salvia pratensis 'Indigo', castle behind Sunlight shafting down through the castle ruin to beds, plants include Kirengeshoma palmata, Hakonechloa macra and ferns Oak bench in front of castle ruin surrounded by Acanthus mollis Latifolius Group 'Rue Ledan', Alchemilla mollis, Jasminum officinale 'Devon Cream' and Cercis canadensis f. alba 'Royal White' Oak bench in front of castle ruin surrounded by Acanthus mollis Latifolius Group 'Rue Ledan', Alchemilla mollis, Erigeron karvinskianus, Jasminum officinale 'Devon Cream' and Cercis canadensis f. alba 'Royal White'.





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Norney Wood
Norney Wood is a new and unashamedly Arts and Crafts-influenced garden located deep in Gertrude Jekyll country within the beautiful Surrey Hills of southern England.

View along the Rose Walk towards the house. Jean and Richard Thompson in front of the Thunder House in their garden at Norney Wood, Surrey, UK. View of the house and Lawn Terrace from the Rose Walk. View of the house and Lawn Terrace from the Rose Walk. View of the House and Lawn Terrace from the end of the garden. Buxus hedging and newly planted lavender at the start of the Rose Walk. Buxus hedging and newly planted lavender at the start of the Rose Walk. View through the roses in the Jeykll border from the West Courtyard along the Rose Walk towards the Thunder House and Main Lawn. View of the Thunder House from the Rose Walk. The Rose Walk and Thunder House from the Main Lawn. View of the Tranquility Pond and Loggia through the arch of the Thunder House. View  from the Thunder House of the rill, Tranquility Pond and Loggia. The Tranquility Pond and Loggia.





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