This week in Country Life, do you know your trees? Test yourself and learn the trees you dont' know. Plus, listen out for the amazing songbirds hallelujah chorus and 43 pages of fantastic country houses for sale.
** Sir Tim Laurence, the chairman of the newly independent English Heritage, talks to Clive Aslet
** Charles Quest-Ritson ventures to the Villa della Pergola on the Italian Riviera, where a century-old British garden has received a new lease of life
** In south Devon, Julie Harding meets a man who swapped a life with numbers for one fashioning leather goods
** A new catalogue of the Wallace Collection’s sculptures holds numerous dicoveries about these little-known treasures, as its author, Jeremy Warren, explains
** Simon Hopkinson cooks curry
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Country Life's entirely unofficial Chelsea Flower Show 2025 awardsThe RHS's judges give out awards based on strict criteria rather than vibes — and while there's a place for the former, we think the latter is worthwhile too. With that in mind, Country Life's team at the Royal Hospital Chelsea have awarded their own alternative prizes from the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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The prawn identity: Tom Parker Bowles on his love of the classic prawn cocktailIt’s as retro as a pair of corduroy flares, but the classic dish is a lily that needs no gilding, says our columnist.
