“There are repeat plantings of Stipa tenuissima which, though not medicinal in the least, adds a lovely floaty feel that echoes the meadow beyond”
Many traditionally medicinal plants feature in the apothecary garden, including echinacea and achillea, as well as swaying
Thriving within the walled kitchen garden at Stokesay Court in Shropshire is a flower business based on romance, where Victoria and Barney Martin grow exquisite flowers for florists and have built up a glowing reputation from scratch
The clean and elegant design at Keeper’s Cottage in Suffolk with its sunken pool garden belies the hours of intricate thought put in by John Davies to make sense of a sloping site filled with complicated planning considerations
WORDS CLARE FOGGETT PHOTOGRAPHS RICHARD BLOOM
The swimming pool terrace was lowered as far as possible so it’s almost hidden by the planting in the
Mauve flowers of catmint and strong purple spikes of Salvia
contrast with zesty lime-green euphorbia.
PHOTOGRAPHS MMGI/BENNET SMITH
Garden designer Nic Howard explains how to create borders in his signature style: a dreamy confection of mauves and purples
