SECRET GARDENS OF EAST ANGLIA

Barbara Segall, Marcus Harpur
Price $25.00 / £18.99
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Step inside 22 of East Anglia’s most enchanting private gardens.  
 
Secret Gardens of East Anglia celebrates the horticultural heritage of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, a region defined by its big skies and extraordinary light. These natural conditions have inspired generations of garden-makers to create landscapes unlike anywhere else in Britain. 
 
Introduced by eminent East Anglian plantswoman, Beth Chatto, this book brings each garden vividly to life through the words of respected garden writer Barbara Segall and the evocative photography of Marcus Harpur. Together, they capture the spirit of these gardens, the creator’s style, their talent for exploiting the genius loci and the specific challenges and rewards they have encountered. 
 
Featured gardens include: 

  • Columbine Hall – a moated garden with a series of green rooms.
  • Helmingham Hall Gardens – a gem of a garden hidden in its own moated island.
  • Kirtling Tower – a field of daffodils for a Tudor gatehouse.
  • The Manor House, Fenstanton – garden rooms on Capability Brown’s private estate.
  • Ulting Wick – thousands of tulips against a backdrop of black wooden barns.
  • Winterton Lighthouse – a lush yet restrained garden framing a lighthouse.
  • Wyken Hall – vines and roses around an Elizabethan manor house.


Whether you’re seeking inspiration, planning visits or simply indulging in the beauty of English gardens, this book is your perfect companion.  
 
Explore even more magnificent gardens with other books in the series: Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds, Secret Gardens of Somerset and Secret Gardens of Cornwall. 

Series:
Format:
Format Paperback + Flaps 144 Pages
ISBN:
ISBN 9781805701309
Size:
Size8.27 in x 9.84 in / 210.00 mm x 250.00 mm
Published:
Published Date April 9th, 2026
Barbara Segall
Barbara Segall is a well-known horticulturist and garden writer. Her work appears in a number of popular publications such as The English Garden and the website Richard Jackson’s Garden. She is editor of The Horticulturist, the journal of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture and also editor of Herbs magazine for The Herb Society. She lives in Suffolk, one of the prettiest counties in East Anglia, and writes regularly on gardens, gardeners and garden style for magazines and her own blog www.thegardenpost.com Her first book with Frances Lincoln was Gardens By The Sea with photography by Jerry Harpur. 
 
Marcus Harpur
Marcus Harpur began his career in book publishing before joining his father, Jerry, to form Harpur Garden Library in 1992. He is a contributing photographer to the RHS Garden Plant Selector and the Colourful Gardening series and principal photographer on titles such as How to Garden, Dream Gardens of England and The Winter Garden.George Plumptre is an author, journalist, and lecturer, acknowledged as an international authority on gardens and gardening. A former gardening correspondent for the Times, he has been Chief Executive of the National Gardens Scheme since 2010. He has lectured on a wide range of garden subjects in Britain, the USA, and South Africa, and has contributed articles to such publications as Country Life, Homes & Gardens, the Daily Telegraph, Architectural Digest (USA) and Conde Nast House & Garden (South Africa). George's gardening titles include Collins Book of British Gardens, The Latest Country Gardens, Garden Ornament, The Garden Makers, Great Gardens, Great Designers, Classic Planting and Royal Gardens of Europe.
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