Nicola Stocken
Gardens photographer and writer specialising in magazine features of images and text
In late summer Ulting Wick brings a blend of vibrant flowers and exotic foliage with Dahlias featuring prominently
A lushly planted town-centre garden with acers and other Japanese influences
A profile of Hardy Chrysanthemums and Andrew Ward, joint holder of the National Collection
A step-by-step guide to planting up a hanging basket in September
Four Seasons lives up to its name as planted to be exciting whether it’s spring, summer, autumn or winter.
Come September and October, prairie planting of grasses and perennials peaks as trees colour
As the year draws to a finale, this two-acre arboretum goes out in a blaze of autumn glory
A small town family garden, terraced on three different levels, with borrowed views of distant trees
A container of September flowers quickly gives a new lease of life to patios and terraces
In autumn, a riverside country garden which combines tradition with contemporary design
Come early autumn, and this 1.5 acre country garden sparkles with perennials, informally planted in garden rooms
A walled country garden with long herbaceous borders full of autumn flowers, lake, ancient follies, rose parterre and pool
Lawn-free suburban garden with autumn borders relaxing onto winding gravel path punctuated by topiary and pots
Springhead is magical as autumn colour tints trees, and reflections play on the ancient lake by a gazebo and mill
Pool reflections of autumn dahlia and canna, a kitchen garden brims with vegetables and prairie style borders peak
Contemporary country garden with prairie style, autumn beds of grasses and perennials, kitchen garden and terrace
Autumn tree colour, woodland, exotic plants, late perennial borders and lakes make Exbury a must for October walks
There are different bulbs to flower in winter, spring, summer and autumn, naturalised or in borders, beds or pots
Autumn view of riverside country garden with streams, bog and gravel areas, herbaceous borders, lake, trees, seat
Autumn colour comes in the fall, not only in foliage tints or maple leaf colours, but also in late flowers, shrubs, berries and hips
New England asters and Michaelmas daisies add late colour and striking plant associations in autumn borders