One of the finest gardens in Wales, Bodnant Garden is an 80-acre estate home to woodland, Italianate terraces, formal gardens, lily ponds and wildflower meadows.
Bodnant Garden
Plas Newydd House and Garden
This elegant stately home overlooking the Menai Strait boasts red squirrels in the grounds and superb views of Eryri National Park.
Dyffryn Gardens: Summer 2020
After the lockdown restrictions were eased in Wales, I made a beeline to one of my favourite places, the recently reopened Dyffryn Gardens.
Ham House and Garden
This stately home on the banks of the Thames, just south of Richmond, is a grand affair and is unusual in that much of its furnishings and decor date back to the 17th century.
Dyffryn Gardens: Summer 2019
Thanks to an abundance of bees, dragonflies and butterflies, the gardens were as lovely and as welcoming as ever this summer.
Tyntesfield
If I was ever to write an Agatha Christie-style 1920s murder mystery, I'd set it at Tyntesfield. A gloriously Gothic manor surrounded by acres of land in the Somerset countryside.
Dinefwr
Nestled in the Carmarthenshire countryside, Dinefwr is a grand estate boasting a medieval castle, a stately home and a 100-acre nature reserve home to a host of wildlife.
Dyffryn Gardens 2018
Dragonflies, colourful blossom and blooming cactii were among the delights during my annual visit to Dyffryn Gardens.
Dyffryn Gardens: The manor house
This beautiful Victorian mansion set amid 55 acres of gardens was built in 1895 by the Cory family, who made their millions from the coal fields of the south Wales valleys.
Dyffryn Gardens 2017
The theme of the gardens this year was the First World War and they looked very natural and organic, as though the gardeners hadn't done anything.
Dyffryn Gardens in Summer
The wild flowers and the restored Italian gardens were especially lovely as I paid my annual visit to this stately home and gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Dyffryn Gardens in spring
This gorgeous National Trust property in the Vale of Glamorgan boasts extensive grounds and lovely Edwardian gardens.
Little Old World 