OCTOBER 2026
Autumn abundance Beautiful gardens from grand RABY CASTLE to a charming DEVON COTTAGE
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Rise & SHINE
With an ambitious development project called The Rising now well under way, the historic gardens of 14th-century Raby Castle in County Durham are in the ascendant, their course steered by star designers and a dedicated team WORDS ANNETTE WARREN PHOTOGRAPHS CLIVE NICHOLS
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In the West Garden, mounds of clipped yew rise from huge squares of glowing Deschampsia cespitosa set in a grid of mown grass paths.
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Between the LINES
A love of formal Italianate gardens informs the tastes of Nick Smith and Clark Landgrebe, owners of The Priory in Suffolk, but designer Frederic Whyte has persuaded them to combine clean lines with his own passion: fountaining grasses WORDS WIDGET FINN PHOTOGRAPHS RICHARD BLOOM
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This image An aerial view
showing a pool dyed black to reflect the sky. Opposite Grasses are joined by airy Oenothera lindheimeri and Verbena bonariensis.
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Saturation POINT
The rich, moist soil of Hampshire’s Bere Mill is fed by tributaries of the River Test, creating the perfect conditions for lush, colourful plantings to thrive and spread around the mature trees and water meadows of this peaceful natural haven WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS NICOLA STOCKEN 46 THE ENGLISH GARDEN OCTOBER 2026
Thatched 18th-century Bere Mill, overlooks twin herbaceous borders that break up the lawn and are packed with Salvia uliginosa and rudbeckia.
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Heart SPACE
At Newton House, a Grade II listed cottage near Zeal Monachorum, Susan Taheri and Ben Foster have spent the past 16 years uncovering and restoring the layers of a much-loved garden, making something colourful, peaceful and intensely cherished WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS MARK BOLTON 54 THE ENGLISH GARDEN OCTOBER 2026
This image The cottage
is shaded by a black locust tree and has red roses climbing its walls. Opposite A joyful jumble of rudbeckia, persicaria, Salvia ‘Amistad’, dahlias and brooding cotinus.
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BULBS
WORDS CLARE FOGGETT IMAGE PETER NYSSEN
Gorgeous tulips in contrasting shapes and shades make for an alluringly different border combination.
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Autumn is the perfect time of year to get spring-flowering bulbs in the ground. If you want to try something different, leading bulb suppliers offer their advice on the most fashionable picks for fabulous colour OCTOBER 2026 THE ENGLISH GARDEN 93