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Caribbean Gardens | James Henderson

Sitting out on a veranda in the Caribbean you can almost hear the overwhelming, relentless fertility. An untended lawn looks out of control in a week, with sprouts a foot tall, and trees can reach 60 feet within a decade

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Fit for a Queen | Yvonne Van Dongen | Iran, Esfahan, Esfahan

Go to Esfahan and it’s as if the whole city were forever readying itself for an impromptu royal visit. Esfahan, often called the Florence of Iran, now boasts the country’s most famous and fabulous hotel, the Abassi

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Ischia Gardens | Lee Marshall | Italy, Capri and Ischia, Ischia

Imagine a valley where frost is unheard of, where great, fleshy camelia flowers bob on trees and lie fallen at one’s feet; where New Zealand tree ferns unfurl with prehistoric langour, and where the bulbous dragon tree

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Madeira in Spring | Christopher Somerville | Portugal, Madeira, Madeira

Portugal’s beautiful Atlantic island is made for ramblers jaded with the dulls and damps of northern Europe; and as for the flowers – well, I was walking on those, brushing the dew from their blooms with my boots

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Peaches in the Alhambra: Letter from Andalucia | David Clement Davies | Spain, Andalucia (Granada), Granada

In Seville and Cordoba, and any number of town squares across Southern Spain, autumn’s gifts of oranges and limes are swelling the trees. It’s perfect that in the Alhambra it should be peaches

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Seeds on Stony Ground | Ben Mallalieu | United Kingdom, South East England, Dungeness

In Dungeness, a coastal village two hours from London with a nuclear plant and no suitable beach, Mallalieu seeks out film director Derek Jarman's unique persevering garden

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