The English Garden

Cutting it Fine

I had expected a masterclass in topiary: clear and expert advice on developing winter bones for the garden. But as I open the gate into Charlotte Molesworth’s legendary garden at Balmoral Cottage, I am greeted not by a chessboard of clipped evergreens but a stand of towering sunflowers against an azure sky, the warmest welcome into a about a garden. I am swept away.

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