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Ten simply magnificent photographs of Pashley Manor, Britain's greatest tulip festival
Every year, Pashley Manor's stunning tulip festival attracts people from across the world to enjoy these beautiful blooms in a perfect English country setting. We've picked out some wonderful images from the festival, while Jacky Hobbs describes some of the history and his favourite varieties.
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Ablington Manor: A magnificent house and gardens almost untouched by the passing of time
Ablington Manor: A magnificent house and gardens almost untouched by the passing of time
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The last word on Capability Brown – but one which comes with a health warning
This book on Lancelot 'Capability' Brown by the greatest living expert on his work is like nothing else – but it comes with one or two caveats, as George Plumptre explains.
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The life and times of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown
Brown unquestionably produced some of the best classic landscaping ever undertaken for British country house owners
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Wychwood Manor: A 1920s house and gardens, restored and transformed
On a south-facing ridge in the Evenlode valley, the Arts-and-Crafts-style garden of a 1920s house has been given a facelift in recent years, enhancing the building’s relationship to its landscape. Vanessa Berridge went along for a closer look, while the photographs were taken by Andrew Lawson.
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Blackdykes: A romantic, uplifting and inspiring garden by the sea
Blackdykes, in North Berwick, is on a plot barely a mile from the sea that took a huge amount of thought and planning from its beginnings 25 years ago.
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Hampton Court Flower Show: When is it, what to see, how do I get there, how do I get tickets?
The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is almost upon us – here's everything you need to know about one of summer's horticultural highlights.
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Rhodds Farm: From open space to stunning country garden in under 12 years
Richard and Cary Goode have carried off something almost miraculous at this lovely spot in Herefordshire – and they've done it in barely more than a decade.
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The ‘dreamy and absorbing’ garden at Constance Spry’s holiday bolthole
Ard Daraich was the holiday home of Constance Spry, the grande dame of floristry – but it wasn't her who transformed these gardens.
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The walled garden at Glenarm Castle, full of surprising, exhilarating and fiery colours
Glenarm Castle's walled garden is a testament to the endless nurturing enthusiasm and creativity of those who care for it, says Non Morris.
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The Rosemary Verey garden masterpiece that blends nature and geometry
The great Rosemary Verey masterminded this garden in Oxfordshire which remains naturally glorious despite being geometrically-inspired. Vanessa Berridge paid a visit.
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Villa Medicea di Castello, Florence
Anyone lucky enough to visit Castello today will find hundreds of heavy terracotta pots of citrus lining paths, flanking steps and marking the corners of flowerfilled parterres
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Join our exclusive gardens tour to Tuscany
See the finest gardens in Tuscany this autumn with Country Life's exclusive tour, which includes visits to Villa Gamberaia and Villa Cetinale
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Try growing wineberries
Wineberries have pretty plants, fruit which tastes wonderful, and are no effort to grow
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Join us in the Italian gardens of Russell Page
Visit northern Italy's horticultural treasures on the Country Life Italian-garden tour.
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Country Life March 18 2015
Country Life March 18 2015 reveals how to make the perfect cup of tea and visits the Easton Walled Garden in Lincolnshire.
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Country Life January 14 2015
Country Life January 14 2015 visits the garden at Ousden House in Suffolk and reveals the best way to move a treasured art collection.
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Corpusty Mill, Corpusty, Norfolk
Country Life visits an eccentric garden attached to an East Anglian water mill
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The history of Sissinghurst’s roses
Troy Scott Smith explains how he is trying to rebuild the rose garden at Sissinhurst
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Best of Britain: Rose gardens
Steven Desmond visits Britian's best rose garden: Mottisfont, a National Trust garden in Hampshire
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Diary date: Petersham gardens event in June
Ten beautiful private gardens will open for one day only to visitors in June in aide of the Petersham Environment Trust
