As the New Year unfolds, so do the exquisite gardens we have found to inspire you throughout the year, with each week enhanced by pithy and inspiring words from literary greats, keen gardeners through the ages and some surprising celebrity gardeners. Whatever form your own garden takes – from a few cherished pots on a balcony to a sprawling country estate – within these pages you’ll find miracles of nature shaped by the human hand and creative mind to inspire, admire and delight. May your year ahead be full of such miracles, large and small.