Caroline Donald

Catherine FitzGerald felt inspired to create an informal garden that harmonised with its setting when she moved to a former Victorian brewery in rural Wiltshire

Though the abundant borders of perennials, grasses and topiary in this enchanting Wiltshire garden might appear at first glance to be the result of a free-spirited approach, they reflect meticulous planning by its artist owner Bella Hoare

Having moved back to her former home on the Badminton Estate, Miranda Beaufort is reaping the rewards of prior planning and expansion, and delighting in beautiful cottage-garden plantings

Esther Cayzer-Colvin’s decision to ask her former neighbour, designer Frances Rasch, to bring a sense of symmetry and perspective to her Wiltshire garden has borne beautiful and far-reaching results

Antique dealer Jack Laver Brister and his chartered surveyor partner Richard Nares took a hands-on approach when restoring this Georgian townhouse in Somerset, removing incongruous additions and sourcing exquisite historic pieces to create an inviting home

From mushrooms to cinnamon buns and mitres to Toto the dog, the topiary that populates Louise and Fergus Dowding’s Somerset garden is an ever-changing extravaganza of shapes and characters, which look especially enchanting covered in winter’s frosts

Beside Yeo Valley Organic’s dairy in Somerset, co-owner Sarah Mead has channelled her theatrical flair into creating six-and-a-half acres of glorious ornamental and edible gardens, which inspired a Gold Medal-winning design at last year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show

A horticultural novice when she purchased a South Wales plant nursery, Alison Sparshatt specialises in hardy and often unusual perennials, showcasing them in harmonious combinations in beautiful beds and borders

Over the course of almost 50 years, Ian and Caroline Bond have created a beautiful Cotswold garden from scratch, in which mature trees and shrubs flourish alongside formal plantings and wildflower meadows

A restful palette was a priority for The White Company’s founder Chrissie Rucker in the design of the immaculate garden of her house in Buckinghamshire, which is filled with perennials and grasses in shades of white and green