Nicola Stocken
Gardens photographer and writer specialising in magazine features of images and text
A formal country garden designed by Rosemary Alexander, founder of the English Gardening School
In late summer Ulting Wick brings a blend of vibrant flowers and exotic foliage with Dahlias featuring prominently
The garden of Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain, the head-gardeners at West Dean, around their eighteenth-century cottage
A contemporary garden with tones and textures that harmonise with the surrounding Hampshire countryside
At Newby Hall, a seamless transition between generations has ensured the great 25-acre garden has thrived
There are few more arresting midwinter sights than a myriad snowdrops carpeting woodland or filling beds and borders
A country garden with swathes of lavender and catmint, box topiary and an immaculate kitchen garden
By late summer, cottage style borders peak in a small town garden wrapped round a mediaeval farmhouse
An old family country garden that blends borders with meadows, rills, herbs and June’s roses galore
Even in February, this modern country garden is filled with scent, colour and interest
A small country garden where summer roses and perennials spill over in a parterre and a potager peaks
On a crisp April morning, this garden shines with the beauty of tulips, daffodils and new leaves
A riverside garden with prairie style borders of grasses and perennials that peak in summer
Late summer colour and exotic planting add a special charm to this beautiful rural family garden
Come midwinter, and carpets of winter bulbs add drama beside newer contemporary areas
English country garden with herbaceous borders, walled garden, roses, potager, summer flowers and gravel area