Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset — September 2020

Hestercombe House seen from the gardens
Hestercombe House, from the gardens
The formal reflecting pool at Hestercombe
The formal pool
A shaded pergola tunnel at Hestercombe
The pergola tunnel

Hinton Ampner, Hampshire — April & May 2024

A circular bed of orange, white and pink tulips in the walled garden, with pleached trees along the wall behind
The tulip bed in the walled garden
An espaliered fruit tree in white blossom trained flat against an old brick wall, with narcissi and forget-me-nots below
Espaliered blossom on the old brick wall
Forget-me-nots massed in blue drifts along the edge of a gravel path
Forget-me-nots along the path
Clipped yew topiary in a row above a hedge, a daisy-strewn lawn in front and Hampshire downland beyond
Clipped yews and the view south
A tree in full white blossom against a bright blue sky with wisps of cloud
Blossom against an April sky
Parkland with mature oaks in new leaf, spring grass and a wide blue sky
The parkland in new leaf