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Great Dixter in May
An informal country cottage garden combining wild flowers with species perennials and other plants to create a rich and beautiful habitat for wildlife.

View of an open wooden gate entrance along a stone path in an informl country cottage garden in early Summer - May View along a stone path to the front door of a country house in early Summer - May Euphorbia characias flowering in a country cottage garden border in early Summer - May View of mixed annuals and perennials flowering in informal country cottage garden borders in early Summer - May View of mixed annuals and perennials flowering in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May View of mixed annuals and perennials flowering in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May View of mixed annuals and perennials flowering in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May View of mature yew topiary with mixed annuals and perennials flowering in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May View of mature yew topiary with mixed annuals and perennials flowering in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May View of gravel path between borders in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May View along a stone path of borders of mixed annuals bulbs and perennials flowering in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May View along a stone path of borders of mixed annuals bulbs and perennials flowering in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May View of mixed annuals bulbs and perennials flowering in an informal country cottage garden in early Summer - May





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Geke Rook
Geke and Henk Rook's garden has been 30 years in the making. Great care is taken when considering putting in new plants and if it doesn't look right, Geke will keep moving them until they fit in.

Columbine, Aquilegia White flowering Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum Album White flowering Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum Album White flowering Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum Album White flowering Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum Album Garden owner, Geke Rook Garden owner, Geke Rook Garden owner, Geke Rook Garden owner, Geke Rook Woolly yarrow, Stachys byzantina Toadflax, Linaria purpurea Canon J. Went Perennial bed in pastel, Stachys byzantina, Aquilegia, Hesperis matronalis Alba, Geranium, Allium christophii Perennial bed in pastel, Stachys byzantina, Aquilegia, Hesperis matronalis Alba, Geranium, Allium christophii





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Althoff Country Garden
Beate and Joseph Althoff's garden was once void of flowers and wildlife, but hard work and a passion to create a garden which is truly theirs has resulted in a romantic escape.

Garden owners, Beate Hommel-Althoff and Josef Althoff Garden owner, Beate Hommel-Althoff, Josef Althoff Perennial bed with roses and amphora Amphora in the perennial bed Perennial border, Nepeta faassenii Walkers Low, Trifolium ochroleucha Country house garden with seating area under pear tree Country house garden with seating area under pear tree Country house garden with seating area under pear tree, perennials and roses Pots with Ilex crenata on the terrace, Ilex crenata Seating on the terrace View from the terrace into the garden Rambler rose, Rosa Bobbie James Rambler rose planted as a privacy screen, Rosa Bobbie James





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Great Comp Garden in Autumn
In the autumn, as nature prepares for the transition into the cooler months, a beautiful blend of hues, patterns, and scents comes to life. Among the stars of this season at Great Comp Garden are salvias and ornamental grasses.

View across the lawn to the house. View across the lawn and curved borders with Cotinus, Heathers and Taxus topiary in Autumn to the house. View across the path to the Sequoia sempervirens 'Cantab' and borders with Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Aureomarginata and mixed foliage planting. Border with Miscanthus sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf', Panicum virgatum, Rodgersia podophylla and a prostrate form of Abies koreana. Border with Miscanthus sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf', Panicum virgatum, Rodgersia podophylla and a prostrate form of Abies koreana. Border with Miscanthus sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf', Rodgersia podophylla and a prostrate form of Abies koreana. Autumn mixed border with Cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana' and various Miscanthus including Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan', Verbena bonariensis and Cotinus obovatus in background. Autumn mixed border with Cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana' and various Miscanthus Border with Miscanthus sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf', Rodgersia podophylla and a prostrate form of Abies koreana. Autumn mixed border with Cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana', Verbena bonariensis, various Miscanthus including Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan', Miscanthus giganteus and Cotinus obovatus in background. Autumn border with mixed grass including Miscanthus sinensis 'Sirene' Wooden bench beside autumn border with mixed grasses including Miscanthus sinensis 'Sirene' and Matteuccia struthiopteris View across the lawn to ruins and Autumn border with mixed grasses including Miscanthus sinensis 'Sirene' and Matteuccia struthiopteris.





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Wild Thyme Cottage in November
Small country cottage garden in Staffordshire bursting with autumn colour made around a self-built oak-framed house, the home of Ray and Michele Blundell.

Man in his garden with rake in November House name pegged to a tree trunk Pinus contorta 'Chief Joseph' in November Group of pots at the front of Wild Thyme Cottage in Staffordshire in November Group of pots at the front of Wild Thyme Cottage in Staffordshire in November Group of containers beside Wild Thyme Cottage including a large olive, Olea europaea Group of pots at the front of Wild Thyme Cottage in Staffordshire in November Ginkgo biloba in a border in an autumn garden Colourful autumn garden full of shrub and trees including liquidambars, acers and Acer rubrum 'October Glory'. Colourful autumn garden full of shrubs and trees including liquidambars, birches and Acer rubrum 'October Glory'. Terracotta urn surrounded by shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees including Prunus serrula and white-stemmed birches in November Terracotta urn surrounded by shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees including Prunus serrula and white-stemmed birches in November Pond edged with white-stemmed birches, cornus, Euonymus alatus and ornamental grasses in November





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A Modern Cotswold Garden
A cottage garden that cleverly blends the house and its modern extension to the neighbouring Cotswold countryside using a perennial meadow as the final link. This garden won the Fresh Designer Landscapes and Garden award at the Society of Garden Designers.

View across lawn towards summer borders with salvias, grasses and Ilex crenata. A wooden pergola over a gravel path runs alongside. View across lawn towards summer borders with salvias, grasses and Ilex crenata. A wooden pergola over a gravel path runs alongside. View across lawn towards summer borders with salvias, grasses and Ilex crenata. A wooden pergola over a gravel path runs alongside. View through wooden pergola towards summer borders planted with salvias, grasses and Ilex crenata. A wooden pergola over a gravel path runs alongside summer borders with salvias, grasses and Ilex crenata. A wooden pergola over a gravel path runs alongside summer borders with salvias, grasses and Ilex crenata. View through a wooden pergola towards summer borders of salvias, grasses and Ilex crenata. View from a wooden pergola across borders planted with perennials including salvias, and grasses Ilex crenata and Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton' are planted into gravel in the foreground. View across borders planted with perennials including salvias, and grasses Ilex crenata and Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton' are planted into gravel in the foreground. Summer borders with salvias and roses. Lawn edged with paving between summer borders filled with salvias. Pleached hedge and Cotswold stone wall behind and wooden pergola to one side. Salvia nemerosa 'Caradonna' - Balkan clary - June Salvias spill over a paved path between two summer borders.





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Double House in Early Summer
A small, low carbon, pollinator friendly, cottage style garden to complement the listed period house with its modern kitchen extension in Bristol.

Portrait of James Osmond in his garden. Reused stone and brick paving near the period house with modern extension. Mixed borders containing roses, lavender and oriental poppies. Reused stone and brick paving near the period house with modern extension. Mixed borders containing roses, lavender and oriental poppies. The house and modern extension seen from the bottom of the garden across the flower borders and meadow lawn. The house and modern extension seen from the bottom of the garden across the flower borders and meadow lawn. The modern extension seen from the bottom of the garden through the flower borders and meadow lawn. The modern extension seen from the bottom of the garden across the flower borders and meadow lawn. The modern extension seen from the bottom of the garden across the flower borders and meadow lawn. Rustic brick outbuilding with Rosa 'Generous Gardener' seen through the flower borders and meadow lawn Rustic brick outbuilding with Rosa 'Generous Gardener' seen through the flower borders and meadow lawn The paving is reused brick and stone found on site. Planting includes Lavenders 'Munstead' and 'Hidcote', Stachys byzantina and Rosa 'Ballerina'. The paving is reused brick and stone found on site. Planting includes Lavenders 'Munstead' and 'Hidcote', Stachys byzantina and Rosa 'Ballerina'. Borders and meadow lawn with self-seeded oxeye daisies.





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Bates Green Woodland Garden
A woodland garden created initially by plantswoman Caroline McCutchan and now maintained by her husband John and head gardener Emma Reece

View through a covered lych gate garden entrance in Autumn - November View of fallen leaves on the surface of an informal pond in a country cottage garden in Autumn - November Decorative Display of dried flowers in a traditional country cottage garden shed in Autumn - September Macrolepiota procera mushrooms fruiting bodies in Autumn - September Iris foetidissima berries in winter - November Cyclamen hederifolium ivy-leaved. Callicarpa bodinieri var giraldii Profusion View of deciduous trees and shrubs in an informal country cottage garden in Autumn - November View of deciduous trees and shrubs in an informal country cottage garden in Autumn - November Cornus alba 'Aurea' in Autumn leaf colour with a terracotta urn focal point beside a brick path in an informal country cottage garden - November View of deciduous trees and shrubs in an informal country cottage garden in Autumn - November View of deciduous trees and shrubs in an informal country cottage woodland garden in Autumn - November View of deciduous trees and shrubs in an informal country cottage garden in Autumn - November





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The Gate in Winchcombe
Cottage style garden in the heart of a village in Gloucestershire, packed with plants and rustic features

Looking through an arch towards the converted stables of the former coaching inn. The house dates from the 17th century. Paved patio area with pots that fill the garden with summer colour View of country cottage garden with In the foreground, Nepeta 'Walker's Low' and Allium aflatunense. Three box roundels in beds beside the converted stables with Alchemilla mollis, Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' and Penstemon 'Son of Raven'. The bush against the house beneath the rose is Symphoricarpus albus x doorenbosii 'Mother of Pearl'. Roundels of Buxus sempervirens provide evergreen structure to two beds that run alongside the converted stables. Against the building grow an unknown coral rose, winter-flowering honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) and a variegated pittosporum. Rosa 'Francis E Lester' frames the stable door and is underplanted with Alchemilla mollis, Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant', Allium 'Purple Sensation' and Geranium 'Orion'. The rambling rose, 'Francis E Lester', has been trained over a metal arch beside the stable door Various alliums, Salvia viridis 'Blue Monday', Nepeta 'Walker's Low and N. 'Six Hills Giant' in summer border Country cottage garden with In foreground are Digitalis 'Sutton's Apricot' and Rosa 'The Pilgrim'. On the left are Verbena bonariensis and Allium aflatunense. The leaves of the ancient purple lilac frame this view of the main arch in the garden. In the foreground are Digitalis 'Sutton's Apricot', with Rosa 'The Pilgrim' on an obelisk and Rosa Desdemona beyond. Metal arch leading through to small patio seating area with Allium 'Purple Sensation', Acanthus mollis, Rosa 'Desdemona', Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' and Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll'. Metal arch leading through to small patio seating area with Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna', Allium 'Purple Sensation', Rosa Bonica, Acanthus mollis, self-seeded nigella and Rosa 'Desdemona'. Metal arch leading through to small patio seating area with Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna', Allium 'Purple Sensation', Rosa Bonica, Acanthus mollis, self-seeded nigella and Rosa 'Desdemona'. Self-seeded campanula and hardy geranium grow through steps that lead to the top gravelled terrace





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Gravetye Manor Gardens in Autumn
Gravetye Manor, West Sussex, beautiful autumn cottage style garden filled with dahlias, salvias and rose hips; an atmospheric garden at this time of year.

Gravetye Manor, West Sussex, in autumn Tom Coward, head gardener at Gravetye Manor Gardens, Sussex Tom Coward, head gardener at Gravetye Manor Gardens, Sussex Informal overflowing autumnal borders with grasses and perennials, including Dahlia 'Dovegrove', Fennel, and Salvia. Old tiled porch at Gravetye Manor Gardens Informal overflowing autumnal borders with grasses and perennials, including Dahlia 'Dovegrove', Fennel, and Salvia 'Amistad'. Gravetye Manor Gardens Chair amongst flowers in late summer or autumnal borders Salvia 'Amistad' in drifts outside house with Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia climbing wall behind Kniphofia rooperi and Salvia 'Amistad' in autumn border Stipa gigantea grass behind a clump of Dahlia 'Dovegrove' Stipa gigantea grass behind a clump of Dahlia 'Dovegrove' and Salvia confertiflora Dahlia 'Magenta Star' , and Tibouchina urvilleana in autumnal border, pink and purple combination Dahlia 'Magenta Star' , and Tibouchina urvilleana in autumnal border, pink and purple combination Informal overflowing autumnal borders with grasses and perennials





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