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The big skies and the extraordinary light of East Anglia make it unlike anywhere else in Britain- and offer the most amazing natural conditions in which to create gardens. The twenty-two gardens selected for Secret Gardens of East Anglia celebrate the culture- beauty and diversity of the counties of Suffolk- Norfolk- Cambridgeshire and Essex- and all deserve to be better known. Introduced by eminent East Anglian plantswoman Beth Chatto- the gardens appearing on these pages are brought to life by the award-winning author and photographer team of Barbara Segall and Marcus Harpur. From each garden we can learn about the creators style- their talent for exploiting the genius loci- and the specific challenges and rewards they have encountered. Featured gardens include: -COLUMBINE HALL A moated garden with a series of green rooms -HELMINGHAM HALL GARDENS A gem of a garden hidden in its own moated island -KIRTLING TOWER A field of daffodils for a Tudor gatehouse -RAVENINGHAM HALL Exquisite planting in the RHS presidents private garden -THE MANOR HOUSE- FENSTANTON Garden rooms on Capability Browns private estate - ULTING WICK Thousands of tulips against a backdrop of black wooden barns -WINTERTON LIGHTHOUSE A lush yet restrained garden framing a lighthouse -WYKEN HALL Vines and roses around an Elizabethan manor house...