HUSBANDRY: MAKING GARDENS WITH MR B (HB)

Isabel and Julian Bannerman have made scores of lauded gardens for a host of famous clients. They restored The Ivy, Chippenham, in 1982; Hanham Court, Bristol, in 1993; and Trematon Castle, Cornwall, in 2012. Now as they embark on a new adventure, creating a garden at their Elizabethan manor house in Somerset, Isabel reflects on the garden they are making and the fundamentals of what Julian, Mr B, thinks about the key things that go into making a garden for living in.