Despite the current coronavirus crisis that has forced all its gardens to close, National Garden Scheme Trustees are committing in excess of £1 million to its beneficiary charities and tripled its support for community garden projects throughout England and Wales this year. NGS chief executive George Plumptre said: “The current climate of uncertainty and the loss for the foreseeable future …

National Garden Scheme Handbook 2020 We’re offering all Country Gardener readers the opportunity to save £3 on the RRP of the 2020 Garden Visitor’s Handbook (normal price £13.99). This iconic yellow book is the essential county by county guide to over 3,700 fabulous gardens across England and Wales, many of which are not normally open to the public. Your visits …

A small but simply stunning garden, it ranks highly in our ‘small is beautiful’ favourite Cornwall gardens. Lamorran isn’t always on the list of gardening visits to Cornwall. But that’s a real mistake as it’s a private coastal garden with a wonderful collection of statues, sub-tropical planting and a strong Japanese theme running through it. It is based on the …

by Andrew Midgley Cerney House Gardens lies in the secluded Churn Valley in the Cotswolds outside the Roman town of Cirencester, in Gloucestershire on the outskirts of North Cerney. It’s a garden that oozes romance and style whatever the season. The Bathurst Arms, on the A435, is the indicator that you are near these wonderful gardens approached opposite the pub …

The establishment of RHS Rosemoor in North Devon was the vision of a remarkable plantswoman who transformed the estate from a dairy farm to a famous and much loved RHS garden. Lady Anne Berry, who gave her house, its garden and 32 acres of pasture, Rosemoor in north Devon, to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1988, has died at the …

Houghton Lodge has arguably one of the beautiful privately owned gardens in the country and remains open to visitors until the end of September. Houghton Lodge is a stunning Hampshire garden, known and loved by locals and those visitors who have been fortunate enough to discover it. The house and gardens are in the heart of the Test valley and …

Susie Hunt re-visits the sensational Oxfordshire gardens at Waterperry where there’s a new air of optimism and changes are afoot. There are some gardens that exude a special something. It’s impossible to put your finger on exactly what it is – or even to give it a name; it’s more a case of feeling as though you can breathe again, …

The hugely popular pink flowery shrub can be seen throughout Cornwall and flourishing in gardens by the sea  It’s not surprising that tamarix, the pretty pink feathery flowered tree is so associated with Cornwall. One head gardener has been campaigning for it to be adopted at the Cornish county logo such is its prominence. Tamarix is one of those plants …