Reports after The Great Storm Stephen Haw garden plants from China Kerry Carman Christmas in a New Zealand garden William Tait alpines in a Scottish winter Kay Sanecki the Countess of Warwick at Ashridge Sylvia Crowe LondonÍs Holland Park gardens Nigel Colborn a profile of Lady Anne Palmer, creator of Rosemoor, in Devon Robert Dash American gardening with an English accent Arthur Hellyer winter flowers Jane Brown, Stephen Lacey and John Francis imagine their ideal Christmas stockings Will Ingwersen gardening for and by children Denis Wood trees in pots Hermia Oliver Gardens in Fiction _ Flaubert. Book reviews by John Negus, Stephen Lacey and Stephen Haw.