Today, we meet English Heritage landscape advisor Emily Parker and head gardener Andrew Luke to explore the eye-catching parterre gardens at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. Discover the history of these ornamental flower beds, what goes into planting and maintaining them today and where else you can admire similar schemes.

To learn more about our perfect parterres, go to: www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/perfect-parterres/

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