All CHANGE
It’s not just the season that’s changing at Newby Hall in North Yorkshire. As May tips the 25-acre garden and its masses of dogwood into full floriferousness, work continues apace to restore and revitalise
CUMMINS-EGAN
WORDS DAVID
PHOTOGRAPHS RAY COX
This image Glaucous blue-leaved hostas and purple-blue irises in the Water Garden. Opposite Sylvia’s Garden is packed with Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’ and peonies.
Bowled OVER
Set in the deep hollow of an old sandstone quarry, Bide-a-Wee in Northumberland enjoys a sheltered and protected position that lets it put on the most spectacularly lush display, dazzling visitors all year round
WORDS SUSIE WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS RAY COX
New LIFE
Spring brings renewal to the garden of Church Farm Cottage in Somerset, but this is a constant theme for owner Annie Stanford, who uses her artist’s eye to repurpose all manner of gardenalia for wonderful displays
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS MARK BOLTON
This image Annie prefers “strong pinks, blues, rich plums and purples with flashes of brilliant red and the occasional zing of orange” in the garden.
Opposite A smart brick path winds through the cottage garden area.
Under WRAPS
Protected from the tides and elements by the sheltering embrace of a weathered brick and flint wall, the waterfront garden of Harbour View in Sussex has been developed by designer David Loy to withstand anything
WORDS BENJAMIN POPE PHOTOGRAPHS ANNA OMIOTEK-TOTT
A new outdoor kitchen area was part of the brief for garden designer David Loy, when he took on this garden on the Bosham estuary.
Pretty as a Picture
In her new book, Pansies, grower Brenna Estrada extols the virtues of this easyto-grow flower, which is as valuable in pots and borders as it is in floral displays, with careful breeding having brought exquisite new varieties to the market
PHOTOGRAPHS KELLY BOWIE
Pansies can be grown to produce longer stems, which make them ideal long-lived components in vase displays.
