Gardens are currently overflowing with the colours and scents of high summer. Lavender hums with bees, hydrangeas and sweet peas are at their most fragrant, and kitchen gardens brim with sun-ripened tomatoes, runner beans and strawberries. It's the season for al fresco lunches beneath leafy canopies and golden evenings spent sipping elderflower spritzes. Far from the madding crowds, our homes with private, blooming gardens await. Whether it's a Cornish castle with fruiting banana trees and rhubarb borders, or a Devon farmhouse with over a mile of private river frontage and a natural pool to cool off in, these spaces are made for sun-soaked days. Savour summer whilst it lasts with an impromptu escape to your own Eden. |
