Nicola Stocken
Gardens photographer and writer specialising in magazine features of images and text
A one-acre garden that shimmers with colour from blossoming trees and countless tulips around the listed house
Colour is an exciting and inspirational element of a garden, a powerful tool for creating different effects and moods
Pared down, a winter garden’s interest lies in texture, shape, perfume, structure and flowers of a rare delicacy
A hard January frost is sure to awaken the fragrant, spidery flowers on witch hazels to glow in the brittle winter sunshine
There are different bulbs to flower in winter, spring, summer and autumn, naturalised or in borders, beds or pots
Autumn colour comes in the fall, not only in foliage tints or maple leaf colours, but also in late flowers, shrubs, berries and hips