Rosemary Verey on the making of her garden at Barnsley House (part three of four) Hedvika Fraser gardens beyond the Iron Curtain David Wheeler notes on six Welsh Border gardens Hazel Le Rougetel species roses Jenny Robinson on her own Suffolk garden Mirabel Osler back gardens Jane Taylor plants that look like other plants Maureen Thom memsahibs and their gardens in India Stephen Haw late summer in the mixed border Ronald Blythe An Essayist in the Garden Dawn MacLeod dreaming of gardens Stephen Lacey s Snippets Simon Goodenough Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight Graham Burgess designing a maze for the Chelsea Flower Show. Book reviews by Victoria Matthews, Mirabel Osler, Graham Stuart Thomas, Gillian Mawrey and Will Ingwersen.