Walled into her cell, an anchoress looks to the sky to give life to a garden and for her own salvation
Astonishing life of the ‘recluse’ of St Anne’s Church teaches of the power of plants
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How beautiful art and new suburban dreams sowed the seeds of a garden Golden Age
We have much to learn from the catalogues, seed packets and adverts of merchants
Amid the scrub and dereliction of a lost land lies an unmarked grave to an ideal of a better Britain
A story still needs telling from behind the 'keep out' fences as the traffic drives by
As the heat rises and the planet burns a timely lesson on the saving grace of the shade of trees
A foolish trek up a heat-scorched hill reminds of a lesson from Portland, Oregon.
Meet Julius Drewe, the parvenu whose castle and garden took him as high as he could go
A visit to Drogo on Dartmoor reveals the folly of aspiring to join the aristocracy
For artist and writer the garden on a windswept hill is a sanctuary - at least for a while
Book review: Clare Leighton's Four Hedges is a beautiful evocation of horticultural passion
Keeping the garden dream alive: Meet the team fighting for beauty amid the turmoil all around
Open spaces like Meanwhile Gardens in London rely on the dedication of a few
Inspired by the Sussex landscape to help create the founding principles of a New World
For two years the scene inspired writings on democracy, harmony and religious freedom
Take a look at this landscape. What is it you see? I detect a story shouting out to us
Artist designed his own motor caravan to put the war in his rear view mirror
We have fun, fun, fun on the autobahn but misery is order of the day on the M1 motorway
Kraftwerk's live show lifts the spirits and even reveals the joy of good landscape