Country Life March 29 2017 is our beautiful spring gardens number featuring the brilliance of Roy Lancaster and Rosemary Verey. Find out more here:
GARDENS: Circular geometry inspired Rosemary Verey when she created the garden at Kingham Hill House in Oxfordshire, reports Vanessa Berridge
GLASSHOUSES: For Tim Maxwell, inheriting the listed glasshouses at Felton Park in Northumberland was a challenge
INTERVIEW: Revered plantsman Roy Lancaster tells Jonathan Self about a lifetime of discovery and wonder
GARDEN GATES: Kathryn Bradley-Hole selects the most stylish gates
FLOWERS: Auriculas became an obsession for the owners of Pops Plants in Wiltshire. Jacky Hobbs visits
OXFORD UNIVERSITY: In the first of two parts, Geoffrey Tyack explains the remarkable evolution of the Schools Quadrangle and Bodleian Library in Oxford
SHEEP: We need to preserve Britain’s many diverse sheep breeds if we’re to keep them, pleads Kate Green
INTERIORS: Amelia Thorpe says there’s no more stylish way to make a splash than with a free-standing bathtub
LUXURY: Jon Snow tells us about the essentials he couldn’t live without and Hetty Chidwick finds out what’s new in luxury
COOKING: You may be surprised by how Melanie Johnson serves cauliflower
PROPERTY: Penny Churchill finds a small slice of paradise at Dunsborough Park and Eleanor Doughty reports on the restoration of a Richmond landmark
** If you loved this issue, why not subscribe to Country Life and get your copy delivered to your door every week? Or subscribe to the digital edition on your tablet and download your copy every Wednesday. Back issues of Country Life magazine can be ordered online here.
-
'True waterfront homes are finite... miss one and it could be years before you see another like it again': Why the best waterfront property always hits the spotThere’s no denying the appeal of waterfront property, which now sells for some 51% more than its inland equivalent, finds Knight Frank. Annabel Dixon explores the shore.
-
Beyond Royal Portrush: Castles, country houses and ancient towers in the other dimension of golf in IrelandRory McIlroy's history-making exploits and The Open arriving at Royal Portrush have made 2025 a banner year for Irish golf — but there's far more to golf on the island of Ireland than those headline-grabbers, as Toby Keel finds out.
