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Perched on the north-eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Norris Castle stands not only as a remarkable Regency Gothic Revival residence but also as home to one of the island’s most significant historic landscapes.

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Established to provide recreation and education for the growing middle classes, Sheffield Botanical Gardens was first designed by Robert Marnock in 1834.

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Miss Dora Stafford was admired in 1930s society gossip columns but scandalised newspaper editors with her ‘solo’ plant hunting exploits at the age of 40.

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Inspired by the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition of 1910, Lord Egerton decided to install his own Japanese Garden at Tatton Park.

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Brown started work at Wimpole in 1767 and was one of more than 250 of his countrywide commissions.

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Take a walk around the landscape altered and de-formalised by Capability Brown in the 18th Century.

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Invited in 1779 to redesign the college gardens of Cambridge University, Brown envisaged uniting them into a single park. Unfortunately his grand plan was never realised but they can still be explored today.

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Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown bought the Manor of Fenstanton and Hilton in 1767 which can be explored in this 2 mile walk by Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust.

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Catrina Fenton, head of the Heritage Seed Library at charity Garden Organic, explains more about this unique ‘living library’ of heritage vegetables – which in 2025 is celebrating its 50th anniversary