The English Garden

The Bigger Picture

“See the lighted windows, the frost on the roof, the framing landscape”

Establishing the views from house to garden and from garden to house are among the most important decisions you will ever make about your garden. You will be living with them every day, perhaps for the rest of your life: looking out from the house to the

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The English Garden

The English Garden5 min read
A Sleight OF HAND
At first glance, the splendid garden at Daglingworth House in Gloucestershire appears classically English. After all, there are many characteristic elements: fine parkland trees, including a red oak and a copper beech; a walled garden with a rose per
The English Garden2 min read
People to Meet
The landscape designer on the structure and meaning behind her Chelsea debut garden, a space that supports the survivors of stroke My earliest memories are of hiding in the greenhouse as a kid. I’d sit amid the greenery and smell the tomatoes and cuc
The English Garden3 min read
TRADE SECRETS: Hydrangea Cuttings
When it comes to propagating hydrangeas, one person knows more about the subject than most, and that’s Maurice Foster. Holder of a Victoria Medal of Honour, member of the RHS Woody Plant Committee and trustee of the Tree Register, he first worked wit

Related Books & Audiobooks