Arne maynard

A new book chronicles grand gardens by the British landscape designer

Tasked with revitalising the garden of this old Tuscan farmhouse, Arne Maynard has taken his cue from both the local vernacular and the English sensibility of its owners. His design combines stone terraces built into the hillside with multi-layered planting, which introduces colour, fragrance and texture, and flows into the rolling landscape

The Monmouthshire garden of Arne Maynard, where he has developed a relaxed, romantic style and combined formal elements like a parterre with areas of barely tamed nature...

Designer Arne Maynard has created a rose-filled garden in West Sussex that celebrates the house’s distinctive character

Brick walk

One would think that designing a contemporary garden in a newly renovated family home is a fairly straightforward proposition. But what if the home is an o

The English landscape designer creates lush paradises

Tasked with revitalising the garden of this old Tuscan farmhouse, Arne Maynard has taken his cue from both the local vernacular and the English sensibility of its owners. His design combines stone terraces built into the hillside with multi-layered planting, which introduces colour, fragrance and texture, and flows into the rolling landscape

Photographs of Allt-y-bela, Arne Maynard's home in Usk, south Wales. Maynard, one of the UK's top garden designers, has combined elements of romantic English-manor style with pared-down beauty that complements the site's rustic 15th-century farmhouse.

Parcevall Hall in the Yorkshire Dales is testament to the vision of Sir William Milner, who bought the dilapidated hillside farmhouse in the Twenties and transformed its 24 acres with terraces, tranquil garden rooms and rare plants