Dominique Lafourcade’s extravagant summer play houses for children hold timeless (and ageless) delight 

Arnaud Mauriéres believes that the future of horticulture lies with gardens of prickly succulents. This greenery – born in a dry bed – is just as pretty as traditional English flower-patches however, bursting into bright and fragrant bloom

First published in 1796, Ideas Magazine… featured all manner of ways in which ‘educated nations’ could indulge their burgeoning passion for peculiar garden follies and ornaments. From haute-couture hen houses to wacky Ferris wheels, the more fanciful the better

A 13th-century church garden in Antwerp bursting with plants has been rechristened by tulip expert and landscape architect Ronald van der Hilst. Now he has blessed the plot with a design worthy of its ecclesiastical setting