Macghost

She sprouted love like flowers, grew a garden in her mind, and even on the darkest days, from her smile the sun still shined.

Our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see.

Gresgarth Hall in Lancashire

Created over a period of nearly 40 years by its owner, Arabella Lennox-Boyd, this is a garden to get lost in, whether you are sitting and dreaming by the dancing river, wandering in the dappled shade of the arboretum or looking at inspired planting combinations in the formal borders.

A garden like this is a rare thing, combining both design and horticultural excellence with a passion for plants that can only come from many years' experience.

Viewed from across the lake, the fourteenth-century house was remodelled in the Gothic style in the eighteenth century. Curving herbaceous borders are full of colour from spring through to autumn.

Sand, light, and crystal clear water

Falling Light