Exteriors

At Petworth House in West Sussex, garden and ancestral home are not strictly demarcated. Instead, the dividing lines blur beautifully

In Barbados, the tropical oasis that is Andromeda Botanic Gardens reintroduces plants that better reflect the history of the island’s enslaved people

The late set designer Tony Duquette lost his fantasy Malibu estate in a fire. But now, reports Tim Street-Porter, a neighbour has been maximising what the great maximalist made for him

How can we harness nature in our own gardens, building back habitats and bringing back biodiversity in the process? A new book shows us how, with 20 inspiring projects

The rugged Jacobean exterior of Glyn Cywarch conceals a minmalist interior newly transformed by the latest generations of redoubtable Harlech women

In Britain, the fashion for rustic furniture took root in the mid-18th century, and continues to this day

Take a promenade around the east London plot where principal dancer William Bracewell finds mental respite and reconnects with his roots

These peculiarly animated blooms, both remedial and domestic, have become surprisingly well rooted in the artistic imagination – with Lucian Freud and Daphne du Maurier among those entranced by their bounded wildness. Our floral historian tames them into prose

Dominique Lafourcade’s extravagant summer play houses for children hold timeless (and ageless) delight 

If having a ‘distinctive flower personality’ is possible, Lindsey Taylor has one in abundance. A new book reveals the artful inspirations behind her bouquets. Flip back and forth between a classic painting and Taylor’s floral interpretation of it