Without all the hard work on the part of the garden owners, including the National Trust at Sissinghurst, and their willingness to be out in their gardens whatever the weather, these outstanding gardens would not exist. We would therefore like to thank them all for permission to photograph and publicize their gardens. Our thanks go to Beth Chatto, Mary Keen, Helen Dillon, Xa Tollemache, Anne Chambers, Rosamund Wallinger, Gill Richardson, Rachel James, Sue Whittington and Rosanna James. We are also grateful to Mike Werkmeister of East Lambrook Manor Gardens, as well as Richard Gatenby, Head Gardener at Barnsley House and Rob Jacobs, Garden Manager of Waterperry Gardens, who took the time to talk to us. Special thanks go to the team at Waterperry Gardens, for granting us access to historical photos. We would also like to thank the librarians of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Library, who retrieved from the archives the literature we needed for our research.