(1).png "6 of the Best spring gardens")
Henry VIII's recently discovered copy of Ruralia Commoda might be the oldest gardening manual in existence, but our love of gardening dates back long before the Tudors. Elements we think of as typically British – lawns, clipped box hedges, roses, foxgloves – were all brought to our shores by the Romans.
So now spring has sprung it's time to do as the Romans did: track down your trowel, dust off your dibber and get gardening. Here are six examples of glorious greenery to inspire you.
.png "Bromley Hall, Standon, Ware")
.png "Garden, Bromley Hall, Standon, Ware")
(2).png "Garden walk, Bromley Hall, Standon, Ware")
.png "Sherwood House, Newton St. Cyres, Exeter")
.png "Garden, Sherwood House, Newton St. Cyres, Exeter")
.png "Dukes Place, West Peckham, Kent")
.png "Garden, Dukes Place, West Peckham, Kent")
.png "Creag Lodge, Torrisdale, Campbeltown, Argyll")
.png "Garden, Creag Lodge, Torrisdale, Campbeltown, Argyll")
.png "Frampton Belvedere, Frampton Mansell, Gloucestershire")
.png "Garden, Frampton Belvedere, Frampton Mansell, Gloucestershire")
.png "Spreakley Hollow, Frensham, Surrey")
.png "Pool and garden, Spreakley Hollow, Frensham, Surrey")