I inherited a thriving bay tree, growing in a sheltered but shady corner of a walled garden.

If it's possible to screen off the swimming pool - within a walled garden, say - so much the better.

A formal box parterre and a charming pigeon house give winter shape to the walled garden.

There's a sunken garden, a water meadow, a knot garden, a wild flower meadow, walled garden and yew terrace.

Or head for the bothies in the walled garden, where artists and craftsmen will be in residence.