La Bernede, Aude, France - mediterranean planting around a newly restored house in the rugged Corbieres

Le Sarrail, Aude, France - expansive planting surrounding chic guesthouses

La Fraissinede, Aude, France - a potager and mediterranean garden surrounding a luxury converted wine cave

Domaine de Malcintat, Aude, France - a parterre, a series of terraces and a walled, mediterranean pool garden

Domaine de Gayda, Aude, France - private gardens at an old wine domaine, surrounding smart guesthouses

Portoi Arzens, Aude, France - olive trees, cypresses and mediterranean shrubs to soften and enclose the house

Domaine de Garric, Aude, France - swathes of planting surrounding the swimming pool

Les Feurs, Ariege, France - informal town garden

Malataverne, Aude, France - formal flower, herb and rose garden at a beautiful Maison de Maitre

Les Lauriers, Ariege, France - a low maintenance and modern pool garden with mediterranean planting

Notting Hill, London, UK- gravel garden with grasses and perenniels

Kensington, London, UK - cedar decked garden

Queens Park, London, UK - a secluded decked patio, with raised pond and exhuberant planting