country – Nicola Stocken

Down House in Winter

This garden is lovely at every time of the year, but rarely more so than on a frosty winter dawn

Tulips dominate the lovely country garden surrounding a C17 house perched on a hilltop overlooking the Shropshire landscape

A one-acre field is transformed into a glorious garden by its owners, an architect and artist

A secluded country garden with broad lawns shaded by trees, and home to countless snowdrops in winter

A 1.5-acre garden divided into garden rooms with formal courtyard, parterre, cherry walk, terrace and large topiary

A 1 acre garden with a series of lawns, beds and borders linking a potager, orchard, formal parterre and seating areas

Come September and October, prairie planting of grasses and perennials peaks as trees colour

A small summer garden set against the backdrop of a public park, rural in outlook whilst in a town location

Even in February, this modern country garden is filled with scent, colour and interest

A traditional country garden celebrated for magnificent herbaceous borders and rose gardens in summer

A stunning country garden with a strong framework of hedges and topiary that is brought alive by winter’s frost

Spring in this traditional garden brings fresh foliage, blossom and the flowering of 2000 tulips

Come early autumn, and this 1.5 acre country garden sparkles with perennials, informally planted in garden rooms