country garden
Walk: Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
Start by savouring the sensory splendour of an Edwardian garden in late summer before following a pretty walking route to nearby Dingle Garden
Britain's best spring arboreta
Put a spring in your step through the countryside's finest collections of trees and shrubs
Humphrey Repton gardens
Visit the finest gardens of the renowned English landscape designer Humphry Repton.
Day out: Pensthorpe Gardens, Norfolk
Set amid the flatlands of the North Norfolk countryside is Pensthorpe Natural Park, home to one of Britain’s most radiant June gardens.
Walk: Parcevall Hall Gardens, North Yorkshire
The bountiful terraces, countryside views and mossy woodlands of Parcevall’s hillside gardens rejoice in the summer months with vibrant colours, floral fragrances and stirring birdsong.
Walk: Coleton Fishacre, South Devon
Step off the ferry and take a stroll along Devon’s South West Coast Path to the lush gardens of a 20th-century estate, home to exotic ferns, trickling water features and woodland glades
Day out: Iford Manor, Wiltshire
Iford’s Italianate gardens in Wiltshire unite the natural and the managed, creating a charming blend of time-worn sculptures, creeping lilac wisteria and formal, flower-hemmed walkways
Day out: Scotland’s Garden Route, Galloway
The Rhins of Galloway in south-west Scotland is home to some of Britain's most beautiful county gardens – discover six of the best with Scotland's Garden Route
Day out: Herterton House Gardens, Northumberland
Early summer is the perfect time to experience the intimate artistry of this small but much-acclaimed rural Northumbrian garden, designed from scratch around a derelict 16th-century farmyard.
Where was the British drama Howards End filmed?
An idyllic country house features in BBC One's 2017 drama – but not the one author EM Forster had in mind. Here is our guide to the TV filming locations used in Howards End.
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
Take a pilgrimage through colourful gardens and tree-lined walkways on the outskirts of Cambridge