May – Nicola Stocken

Pashley Manor Tulip Festival

Now in its 27th year, this Festival is hard to beat for the sheer brilliance of its massed plantings of 105 different varieties

A contemporary courtyard garden within a completely redeveloped Victorian house by award-winning architects

A practical guide to planting a stone trough with alpine plants

Flowering spectacularly for weeks, kousa dogwoods are also prized for winter structure, fruits and handsome foliage

A walled garden filled with roses, perennials, a beehive, sunny terrace and miniature wildflower meadow

A well designed child friendly garden for all the family, with trampoline and sandpit amongst colourful planting

A step-by-step guide to planting an Alpine hanging basket

A winding, decked path between packed borders makes a long narrow summer plot appear wider

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