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Spring

a selection of spring gardens from Cornwall to Cumbria full of blossom, bulbs and beauty

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Brigit's bee friendly garden in Shaftesbury, Dorset photographs

Brigit's bee friendly garden in Shaftesbury, Dorset

Brigit Strawbridge has made a tiny garden with bees and other pollinators in mind. Plant choices are made to provide such vital and fascinating insects with nectar year round, using a mix of flower... ›
Brilley Court, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire photographs

Brilley Court, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Charming Herefordshire garden that erupts in spring with thousands of colourful flowers including tulips, narcissi, cowslips and snakeshead fritillaries. Formal areas around the house include a... ›
Cotehele, St Dominick, Cornwall photographs

Cotehele, St Dominick, Cornwall

The garden at Cotehele in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall has a very special collection of old narcissi, with many varieties dating from the C19th and some even the C17th such as Narcissus 'Butter and... ›
Enys, Cornwall photographs

Enys, Cornwall

Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset photographs

Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset

Three and a half acre woodland garden occupying a narrow strip of land along the north Somerset coast near Porlock created by Joan Loraine from 1966. During spring the mossy ground fills with... ›
Heale House, Middle Woodford photographs

Heale House, Middle Woodford

Heale House garden in the Woodford valley near Salisbury in Wiltshire shot on the morning of an extraordinary frost on April 27th 2017 which spread magic over the garden at the same time as... ›
Iford Manor, Wiltshire photographs

Iford Manor, Wiltshire

Marwood Hill Gardens, Devon photographs

Marwood Hill Gardens, Devon

Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset photographs

Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset

Striking 5 acre formal garden created over the last 20 years by Amanda and Simon Mehigan in an attractive Dorset village. Its formal structure of clipped box, yew, bay and hornbeam, ensures that it... ›
Rousham, Oxfordshire photographs

Rousham, Oxfordshire

Summerdale House, Lupton, Cumbria photographs

Summerdale House, Lupton, Cumbria

Part walled country garden around a former vicarage in south Cumbria with small nursery attached. In spring David and Gail's collection of auriculas bursts into bloom showing the range and... ›
Westonbury Mill Water Gardens, Herefordshire photographs

Westonbury Mill Water Gardens, Herefordshire

Beautiful, watery garden in the Welsh Marches near Pembridge, created over the last 17 years by Richard Pim, a retired hydro-geologist. As well as a feast of water and bog plants the garden boasts... ›
Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria photographs

Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria

Set on a fellside high above Lake Windermere this 4 acre garden is the creation of Diane Hewitt and David Kinsman who garden with nature rather than against it, appreciating the mosses, lichens and... ›
York Gate, Leeds, Yorkshire photographs

York Gate, Leeds, Yorkshire

all images copyright Carole Drake