The English Garden, December 2025
Featuring the gardens at The Old Rectory, Doynton.
Phlomis baubles
Whorls of Phlomis russeliana seed heads touched by frost
Derry Watkins Garden
Elevated view taken from a ladder in Autumn
Location: Near Bath
Salvias
Salvia confertiflora and Salvia 'Amistad'
Lunaria and Linaria
Seedpods of Lunaria annua 'Chedglow' and flowers of self seeded Linaria.
Location: Bristol, UK
Balloons
Hot air balloons passing over a private garden.
Location: Bristol, UK
Twilight over Lyme Bay
A water feature in a private garden at dusk.
Location: Dorset, UK
Tulips and Camassias
Location: Arundel Castle Gardens, UK
Woodland Garden
Hellebores and Snowdrops
Shades of Brick
Tulips in the Courtyard Garden
Location: Tyntesfield, Somerset, UK
February Darkness
Helleborus × hybridus 'Double Black'
Clearing Fog
Winter morning in Derry Watkins garden
Location: Near Bath
Early Summer Meadow
Common Spotted Orchids amongst buttercups and oxeye daisies.
Location: Ashton Court, Bristol
City Garden in Dappled Light
St James's Piccadilly: Imagine the World to be Different Garden designed by Robert Myers
Location: RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Cardamine quinquefolia
Parrotia persica
Persian ironwood tree in flower
Sanguisorba 'Cangshan Cranberry'
Location: Bristol
Cottage Garden in Winter
Location: Bristol
Rhus typhina
Autumn leaf detail
Dahlia 'Schipper’s Bronze'
Location: Special Plants Nursery, Near Bath
Derry Watkins Garden
Location: Special Plants Nursery, Near Bath
Garden at Dusk
The garden of a recently renovated listed cottage with a contemporary extension
Location: Bristol
Omphalodes linifolia
Location: Special Plants Nursery, Near Bath
Lunaria 'Chedglow' seedpods
Cottage Garden
Location: Bristol
Lunaria 'Chedglow'