Home of the most stunning public gardens in Britain, South East England's wealth of internationally renowned gardens are a must see, and here the author provides a guide to the wonderful gardens the region has to offer.

In East Sussex, Sheffield Park Garden offers colourful, vibrant displays with waterfalls, cascades and four large lakes, while Kent offers thirteenth-century Hever Castle, complete with Italian scupltures, a 35-acre lake and a 3,000-strong rose garden.

The collection of gardens extends to the Savill Garden in Berkshire, Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent, Great Dixter House and Garden in East Sussex and the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley in Surrey, all brought to life in this wonderful collection compiled by Tony Russell.

The Finest Gardens in Wales

by Tony Russell

Published 15 March 2015
Using informative, evocative text and stunning imagery, garden writer and broadcaster Tony Russell captures the very essence of the finest gardens within Wales, covering their history, design, plants and personalities along the way.

From Anglesey in the north-west to the Wye Valley in the south-east, this book discovers just why Wales is regarded as having one of the best and most diverse collections of gardens in the world. Within these pages you will find grand landscapes such as at Dyffryn and Powis Castle, historical gems like Erddig and Plas Tan y Bwlch, national icons at Bodnant and the National Botanic Garden of Wales, superb garden restorations at Plas Cadnant and Aberglasney, flamboyant designs such as Portmeirion and Dewstow and world-class plant collections at Plas Newydd and Plantasia.

All the gardens featured within this book allow public access at some time during the year.

The Finest Gardens in Wales is essential reading for anyone with even the slightest interest in gardens and will undoubtedly become a classic in its genre, a book that will appeal to gardeners and non-gardeners alike and will raise the profile of Welsh gardens even further.

The Cotswolds' Finest Gardens

by Tony Russell

Published 15 October 2009
TV presenter and writer Tony Russell presents his personal guide to the 60 finest Gardens in the Cotwolds. The 60 gardens are all open to the general public and are here given evocative and practical descriptions taking in each one's history and the huge array of plants, flowers and trees available to view regardless of the season. He accompanies each entry with magnificent colour pictures showing off each garden in all its glory. This stunning book - which is written by the man that also compiles the annual publication Gardens to Visit - will be a must for anyone interested in the glorious Cotswolds, wherever they live.

This is the third in a series of books celebrating the finest gardens in Britain and follows on from the best-selling 'The Cotswold's Finest Gardens' and 'The Finest Gardens in Wales'.

The Finest Gardens of the South West is an inspirational celebration of the very best gardens in the West Country of England, covering an area from Cornwall to the Wiltshire and Hampshire borders.

Using informative, evocative text and stunning imagery, garden writer and broadcaster Tony Russell captures the very essence of the fifty finest gardens within this region and explores their history, design, plants and personalities. The diversity of gardens to be found in the South West and within this book is truly astonishing. Within these pages you will find gardens full of subtropical plants, such as Tresco on the Isles of Scilly and Overbeck's in Devon, modern-day creations at The Eden Project and University of Bristol Botanic Garden, historical restorations at The Lost Gardens of Heligan and Hestercombe in Somerset and botanically important gardens such as the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Rosemoor and Trewithen in Cornwall. All the gardens featured within this book allow public access at some time during each year.

The Finest Gardens of the South West is quite simply one of the finest books on the subject and essential reading for anyone interested in visiting and understanding gardens. Just like its predecessors, it will undoubtedly become a best-selling classic, a book that works equally as well on the coffee table or as a faithful companion in the car.