<![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Finest-to-visit ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/finest-to-visit Sat, 02 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria and the bluebells that erupt in a hidden pocket of wilderness tucked away in a little-seen spot at Kew Gardens ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/queen-charlotte-queen-victoria-and-the-bluebells-that-light-up-a-corner-of-kew-gardens-thats-tucked-away-from-the-crowds SbS5vkL5NBPqf5SRD5eAPj Sat, 02 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Victorian world lost for 140 years, rediscovered and restored in Devon ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/the-victorian-world-of-ferns-that-was-lost-for-140-years-rediscovered-and-restored-in-devon 3TkrWvp8SyNmmBNVWuyz9H Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mount Congreve: The exquisite Irish garden on an unimaginable scale ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/mount-congreve-the-exquisite-irish-garden-on-an-unimaginable-scale iQvGpQgBgSySpLbgHW3jT Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'It's not nature being a pain; all of the problems we have with pests and diseases are because of us': The trailblazing gardener who's creating a 'food forest' in Devon ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/its-not-nature-being-a-pain-all-of-the-problems-we-have-with-pests-and-diseases-are-because-of-us-the-trailblazing-gardener-whos-creating-a-food-forest-in-devon smFVBHRkdoyVqurrC3FQFN Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:32:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ The garden at Cogshall Grange: 'A modern work of art, combining shapeliness and serenity' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/cogshall sFtzuyJ8D7ezwvHvQJmQaU Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'There was the land, the money and the desire to show off both': The incomparable skill and immaculate timing of Capability Brown ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/there-was-the-land-the-money-and-the-desire-to-show-off-both-the-incomparable-skill-and-immaculate-timing-of-capability-brown GCC9kB6acWvPW92CG8VoMA Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Penns in the Rocks: The East Sussex garden created by Vita Sackville-West, with a little help from the huge boulders that stood here when dinosaurs walked the earth ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/the-garden-of-penns-in-the-rocks bdqeUXTJi3UW4RhJszYBow Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ William Robinson, the visionary gardener 150 years ahead of his time ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/finest-to-visit/william-robson-the-visionary-gardener-150-years-ahead-of-his-time uRT6JGUs47s7YMHgaeBTJY Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:19:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ The railway station gardens that bring a touch of bucolic bliss to an ordinary train ride ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-railway-station-gardens-that-bring-a-touch-of-bucolic-bliss-to-an-ordinary-train-ride 33VZaQtC78DWjdsgcWECLd Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Country Life's top 10 garden stories of 2025, from Alan Titchmarsh's hardy annuals to David Beckham's Cotswolds paradise ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-lifes-top-10-gardens-stories-of-2025-from-to-the-south-wales-terrace-with-an-exquisite-georgian-interior-clone LLugmGJNcrJxWWjHND7EfE Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:19:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Helmingham Hall: The ancient garden at a medieval hall where the drawbridge is still pulled up every night ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/helmingham-hall-the-ancient-garden-at-medieval-hall-where-the-drawbridge-is-still-pulled-up-every-night QnE7FyMKpuEe9WMumEdmak Sat, 20 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ When it comes to making the perfect garden tool, the past has all the answers ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/when-it-comes-to-making-the-perfect-garden-tool-the-past-has-all-the-answers uD6xnYT3AGR5RisXX4pCgP Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Exclusive: The King's remarkable resurrection of the gardens and parkland at Sandringham ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/a-royal-success-the-kings-gardens-at-sandringham WRWW6hcuCUxZGUg5s9zKq4 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:12:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I bought it without telling Victoria. She didn’t want another project... I sat her down, gave her a vodka and tonic and told her what I’d done': David Beckham tells Alan Titchmarsh about his Cotswolds home and garden ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/i-just-love-it-im-never-happier-than-when-im-here-david-beckham-tells-alan-titchmarsh-about-his-garden-a-delightful-and-durable-legacy-at-great-tew bYSdMPfcMi7TLo2AzhgVJM Sat, 25 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'You could walk round it every day and always notice something new': A private tour of the garden of multiple Chelsea gold medallist John Massey ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/one-of-the-finest-private-gardens-in-the-uk-a-tour-of-the-garden-of-the-multiple-chelsea-gold-medallist-john-massey dEubJJEZVcAf6LAAHBNc6b Sat, 18 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ The arboretum that's been 30 years in the making by a dedicated, passionate family who are dreaming of what it could be in 3,000 years' time ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-arboretum-thats-been-30-years-in-the-making-by-a-dedicated-passionate-family-who-are-dreaming-of-what-it-could-be-in-3-000-years-time HsPZXgSAxviCu6UYJBG4W5 Sat, 11 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'We want everyone to have a magical time': Life at the smartest flower farm in the Cotswolds ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/we-want-everyone-to-have-a-magical-time-life-at-the-smartest-flower-farm-in-the-cotswolds-just-down-the-road-from-soho-farmhouse Pvr8uqxtbYb2CUAAFy8xCL Sat, 27 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sophie Conran's garden at Salthrop Manor, and its journey from bare field to Cotswold paradise ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-garden-at-salthrop-manor nHpRo9vksUTh3dY6JZqymS Sat, 20 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ The best flower borders in Britain, and how they work their magic ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-best-flower-borders-in-britain-and-how-they-work-their-magic DGKBLgdT3FCjdJFUggYA5B Sat, 06 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:25:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Inverewe: The making of 'The Oasis of the North' in a wind-battered corner of north-west Scotland ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/inverewe-the-making-of-the-oasis-of-the-north-in-a-wind-battered-corner-of-north-west-scotland 9xXvcYYa53ckQb7YJQ9XvR Sat, 30 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ballynure House: The magical estate that transformed its bramble-covered historic garden into a pollinator paradise ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/ballynure wwMvbxQyhXPTXXCVoL4RQ5 Sat, 23 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I was rather excited, not remotely daunted... With hindsight, I should have been': The 25-year creation of the gardens of Glenarm Castle ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-glorious-gardens-of-glenarm-castle BrP5KTBjXUScp4ejxFGLWU Sat, 16 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ The pinnacle of the English style of gardening, as fine today as it was a century ago ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/charles-quest-ritson-my-latest-trip-to-great-dixter-was-the-high-point-of-all-my-garden-visiting-for-a-long-time-i-cannot-recommend-it-too-highly 2Rn4bWSMmPCnChiJUpNLMS Fri, 15 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Knoll offers a masterclass in the adaptability of grass': The Dorset garden that went from tourist attraction to specialist nursery ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/knoll-offers-a-masterclass-in-the-adaptability-of-grass-the-dorset-garden-that-went-from-tourist-attraction-to-specialist-nursery KzbMFhYR23GiWDHBftSEZA Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Other people would have given up and turfed half of it over': The couple who turned 'the ugliest house with the nicest view' into a Somerset treasure ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/other-people-would-have-given-up-and-turfed-half-of-it-over-it-is-quite-extraordinary-the-way-she-has-kept-the-garden-going-the-couple-who-turned-the-ugliest-house-with-the-nicest-view-into-a-somerset-gem x6nAmJWDJTaepw92c9tGPL Sat, 02 Aug 2025 06:02:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ A lush, 'tropical' garden in Devon where bananas and ginger grow happily alongside the staples of an English country garden ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/a-lush-tropical-garden-in-devon-where-bananas-and-ginger-grow-happily-alongside-the-staples-of-an-english-country-garden uxsQbVoqEBUfLrYSMUCSK4 Sat, 19 Jul 2025 06:01:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Hollywood garden designers who turned their hand to a magical corner of Somerset ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-garden-at-caisson-house DLWKKVqS7CYYgJftre7wbf Sat, 05 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 'Rose Labyrinth' of Coughton Court, where 200 varieties come together in this world-renowned garden in Warwickshire ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-rose-labyrinth-of-coughton-court-where-200-varieties-come-together-in-this-world-renowned-garden-in-warwickshire MU6qeHr3rWkewpB55dXK7F Sat, 28 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'None of this would be here had the tithe barn not burned down that night’: How the terrifying destruction of a medieval landmark sparked the creation of the magnificent gardens of Bledlow Manor ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-gardens-of-bledlow-manor-a-phoenix-rises MQZDmGVjHVWtt49bqmYD5g Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:02:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The whole house shook. Everything was white. For four months, it felt as if we were on Mars': The story behind one of Hampshire's most breathtaking gardens ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-whole-house-shook-everything-was-white-for-four-months-it-felt-as-if-we-were-on-mars-the-story-behind-one-of-hampshires-most-exciting-gardens BC9rMmrKzPgQmmRNTeD2Xc Sun, 15 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ One of the most spectacular rose gardens in England has come in to bloom two weeks early ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/one-of-the-most-spectacular-rose-gardens-in-england-has-come-in-to-bloom-two-weeks-early nWR8MbRcKVRVYXnM8FTUdM Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hampnett House: A Gloucestershire garden where an empty, squelchy lawn has been replaced by 'gorgeous flowery generosity' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-garden-at-hampnett-house-gloucestershire jNU4g6oC3cZatpjmHBmNFK Sat, 17 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Nowadays, you can barely throw a heavy brick without it hitting a garden designer’: The renaissance of the country garden ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/nowadays-you-can-barely-throw-a-heavy-brick-without-it-hitting-a-garden-designer-the-renaissance-of-the-country-garden t7ZKowaEnhWs4b27V3vWMH Fri, 16 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 outstanding British gardens from the Country Life Archive ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/10-outstanding-british-gardens-from-the-country-life-archive wSLLaQj9pyHCiLoAHAoJya Sat, 10 May 2025 06:02:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Chelsea Flower Show 2025: The essential guide for first timers ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/chelsea-flower-show-2025-the-essential-first-timers-guide hZ6TXEp4KZSPbB9pHerePm Thu, 08 May 2025 06:57:20 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I'd willingly give a year of my life for a fortnight there': The green dream that is the garden of Derreen ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/id-willingly-give-a-year-of-my-life-for-a-fortnight-there-the-green-dream-that-is-the-garden-of-derreen XVaoQCteCtWSNjvxqkV4uB Sat, 26 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ The man who trekked Bhutan, Mongolia, Japan, Tasmania and New Zealand to bring the world's greatest magnolias back to Kent ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-whirlwind-of-charm-and-energy-plantsman-who-trekked-through-bhutan-mongolia-japan-tasmania-and-new-zealand-to-bring-the-worlds-greatest-magnolias-back-to-kent mxehU9P5X6AfKc3ctueezD Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Have your say in the Historic Houses Garden of the Year Awards 2025 ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/have-your-say-in-the-historic-houses-garden-of-the-year-awards-2025 qBxK28hfZUAW2sadPjvt9f Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:02:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Evenley Wood Garden: 'I didn't know a daffodil from a daisy! But being middle-aged, ignorant and obstinate, I persisted' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/evenley-wood-garden-i-didnt-know-a-daffodil-from-a-daisy-but-being-middle-aged-ignorant-and-obstinate-i-persisted 9Z4Wn6wjV3vU5sBZ8m6zZb Sat, 29 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ The best rhododendron and azalea gardens in Britain ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-best-rhododendron-and-azalea-gardens-in-britain 9b8K6ZrfoNCfegfMvaDHJV Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Great Comp: The blissful garden flooded with rhododendrons and azaleas that's just beyond the M25 ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/great-comp-the-blissful-garden-flooded-with-rhododendrons-and-azaleas-thats-hidden-away-just-outside-the-m25 u5fZQm6EyTcB9Weo53QkMo Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Totally tropical Tresco: The English country garden that brings the tropics to the British Isles ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/totally-tropical-tresco-the-english-country-garden-that-brings-the-tropics-to-the-british-isles-278732 nQSBtPeCBPJVNcEnUQ4wBe Sat, 25 Jan 2025 07:00:24 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ G&T to Gravetye and 'the David Attenborough of garden visiting': The Garden tours to book in 2025 ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gt-to-gravetye-and-the-david-attenborough-of-garden-visiting-the-garden-tours-to-book-in-2025-278106 sK31kgSzAs2nPcEBD1tYMw Sat, 11 Jan 2025 07:00:03 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ The special magic of a frozen garden in winter ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/the-special-magic-of-a-frozen-garden-in-winter-and-277215 8iuuCbac3fokRk41DanGoE Sat, 21 Dec 2024 07:00:24 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh's garden: No insecticides, no herbicides, just beautiful flowers, lawns, a statue of Repton and a swing seat that's impossible to resist ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/alan-titchmarshs-garden-no-insecticides-no-herbicides-but-a-statue-of-repton-and-a-swing-seat-thats-impossible-to-resist-275590 5MUmDnwgxR4MGoQVW7xfuJ Sat, 09 Nov 2024 07:00:50 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ A English country garden that brings the four corners of the world to one corner of Wiltshire ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/a-english-country-garden-that-brings-the-four-corners-of-the-world-to-one-corner-of-wiltshire-274389 vfV8dQMRmiCQ4zHjiiuxUk Sat, 12 Oct 2024 06:00:57 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Cotswolds garden that's cleverly designed to defy the worst of the elements ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-cotswolds-garden-thats-cleverly-designed-to-defy-the-worst-of-the-elements-273921 eEaSyaiNdUQcfEFT66xghM Sat, 28 Sep 2024 06:00:35 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘My God! What’s he done?… look at it!’: How George Harrison left The Beatles, turned his hand to gardening, and created a masterpiece ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/friar-park-george-harrisons-garden-273649 7bzQVPzPGyCCEFPXBaXkJe Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:30:22 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Country Life 11 September 2024 ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/publication/country-life/country-life-11-september-2024 85KZxmRAjWFgywGrPzhLnp Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:30:51 +0000 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:26:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Country Life 31 July 2024 ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/publication/country-life/country-life-31-july-2024 vPuXZJncskavXQkvKmrJ1A Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:59:41 +0000 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:26:25 +0000