This week's brilliant issue of Country Life, May 18, celebrates magnificent summer gardens and previews the Chelsea Flower Show 2016 - plus don't miss the stars of the Field & Country Fair
** RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show is largely focused on our mental and physical fitness, finds Mark Griffiths
** FEATURES
Flora Watkins profiles John Bell & Croyden, which has been dispensing cures for more than 200 years
** FIELD & COUNTRY FAIR
Agnes Stamp meets the stars of the Field & Country Fair
** GARDENS
Tim Longville visits the remarkable restored garden at Cadhay in Devon
+ Mark Griffiths delves into the colourful world of penstemons at Kingston Maurward Gardens in Dorset
** ARCHITECTURE
Digital modelling has permitted detailed reconstruction of Holt Castle in Denbighshire, as Rick Turner explains
** FOOD
Nothing compares to the soft, floppy leaves of a homegrown British lettuce, says Melanie Johnson
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Robert Redford's Oscar and this week's unique royal funeral: Country Life Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2025One of Hollywood's greats is remembered in Wednesday's quiz.
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The Gallivant review: The Camber Sands retreat with show-stopping seafood and a penchant for happinessThe coastal hotel in Rye, East Sussex, is utterly unique and almost faultless, but is seamlessly eclipsed by the real showstopper, its Anglo-French restaurant, Harry’s.
