DRAWN TO NATURE

1 HIDCOTE, Hidcote Bartrim, Where many of us might fall for a plant and then try to find a home for it, Major Lawrence Johnston (1871–1958) built whole gardens to accommodate his ever-expanding collections. The result is the archetypal Arts and Crafts garden with its famous tapestry hedges of hornbeam, beech and yew dividing the different ‘rooms’, from the Long Walk to the Red Borders and the Pillar Garden, where peonies dance among the topiary.