Great Comp Garden — just outside the M25, near Sevenoaks — erupts into bloom, with swathes of magnolias, azaleas and ...

The house and estate are also open on weekends ... If you’d like to make the most of your day trip, you can also visit Croome Park or Hidcote Manor Garden.

William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll both visited and the Messels corresponded with Lawrence Johnston at Hidcote, which was also being developed ... six years after the main house was almost destroyed ...