Curtain CALL
As a trained dancer Sarah Mead knows a thing or two about putting on a show, and at Yeo Valley Organic Garden in Somerset, her sumptuously theatrical planting has the crowds calling for an encore
WORDS SALLY NEX PHOTOGRAPHS JONATHAN BUCKLEY
A purple-framed greenhouse nicknamed the ‘Purple Palace’, viewed from the cutting garden where cheery zinnias and rudbeckias are ready to pick.
Levelling UP
At Mellowstones, both owner and designer have worked together to make the most of a challenging hillside site that offers far-reaching views over the Frome Valley and interest on every level
WORDS JANE MOORE
Opposite Stepping stones lead through the Mediterranean terrace to the Corten steel pool. This image Sturdy breeze block retaining walls are faced with attractive dry stone walling
Reference Point
A pioneering community garden in Hertfordshire with a Plant Library at its heart, has been designed by landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith as a space for beauty and learning, while nurturing those with mental and physical health challenges
WORDS ZIA ALLAWAY PHOTOGRAPHS CLIVE NICHOLS
A tapestry of plants including grasses and red-hot pokers grow in sand at the sunnier top end of the Plant Library.
Evolving LEGACY
Generations of the Birchall family have worked the garden at Cotswold Farm, and its current incumbents strive to balance its Arts & Crafts history and design with a need to improve and adapt without allowing the stupendous views to dominate or disappear
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PHOTOGRAPHS MANDY BRADSHAW
been carefully considered in the
This image The Jewson Terrace has recently been replanted with help from Rupert Golby. Opposite Views from the garden out to the countryside have
garden’s design.
Lazy DAYS
KICK BACK Oka’s Shorwell Garden Lounger in natural teak has a synthetic rattan back, a comfortably deep base and thick rear cushions.£1,995, oka.com