In the Garden

Known for their fragrant flowers, distinctive seedpods and transformational annual blossom, Magnolias are among the oldest tree species in the world. This wallpaper depicts four cherished specimens in the care of the National Trust at Nymans in Sussex, Bodnant in North Wales, and the estates of Lanhydrock and Trengwainton in Cornwall, where their soft petals, in bloom and as fallen blossom, are a sight to behold every spring. 

The ‘Magnolia Blossom’ wallpaper pattern features a calming forest of stylised magnolia trees in bloom, their broad, rounded canopies laden with an abundance of delicate blossoms. 

Having been omitted from the inheritance of the (much larger) family estate of Knole in Kent, the 20th-century poet and writer Vita Sackville-West fell in love with the dilapidated Sissinghurst castle and gardens in Kent, in 1930. 

Alongside her husband, Vita dedicated the next 30 years to renovating and totally replanting the expansive, segmented gardens which surround the iconic castle tower. With no formal training in garden design, she created unconventional planting schemes, motivated by the way the colours and scents of the flowers in bloom impacted on the experience of exploring the grounds. 

Sissinghurst is now one of the most-visited and best-loved gardens in England, and this joyful wallpaper mural depicting an abundance of wild layered blooms set against the more formal gardens has been designed and coloured to pay tribute to Sissinghurst’s eclectic vibrancy. 

Within the Stackpole Estate in the south-west corner of Wales, nature thrives in over five square miles of protected coastline, farmland, forestry and lakes. Besides sightings of bats in the woodland and dolphins in the sea, one of the visitor highlights are the wild otters which can sometimes be spotted amongst the lily pads within the estate’s 100 acres of lakes. 

The ‘Lily Pads’ design showcases graphic lily pads interspersed with waterlilies. Hidden in their midst, dragonflies, otters, kingfishers, butterflies and tiny water boatmen reveal themselves in this expansive celebration of native British flora and fauna. 

In 1939, brothers William and Walter Straw inherited their late parents’ Edwardian home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, with Walter also taking over the family grocery business which had served the community for over fifty years. The brothers shared an active interest in collecting succulents and cacti. Their humble greenhouse at the end of the garden is still home to an ongoing array of specimens which have inspired this light-hearted wallpaper design. 

Featuring charmingly illustrated sculptural succulents and flowering cacti displayed on shelves, the ‘Mr Straw’s Greenhouse’ wallpaper design is offered in three subtle tonal colourways of Light Gold, Garden and Air Force Blue and three bolder contrast designs where each specimen is highlighted in bold green against backgrounds of neutral Slaked Lime and bold Green Verditer and Mambo. 

This design is inspired by the sensational walled rose garden at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire. Besides a grand house, built around a medieval priory and steeped in generations of architectural evolution, Mottisfont is also home to the National Plant Collection of Rosa; pre-1900 shrub roses. 

The roses tended here are exclusively historic species, characteristically fuller in shape and – unlike a contemporary variety – they flower only once annually making for a sensorially spectacular experience for a few weeks in early summer every year. 

Featuring voluptuous climbing roses in full bloom set against neutral stonework, or in the Puck colourway, a rich and indulgent green, this design feels both contemporary and nostalgic. 

The unrivalled simplicity of the daisy flower has inspired surface design for centuries; from decorative embroidery to ceramics, and fashion items to wallpaper. 

Taking its title from an informal name for the ox-eye daisy, which is known for reflecting moonlight alongside country roads and paths at night, this design features bright yellow flocked centres on daisies with interlocking stems; a much simpler interpretation than the late-19th-century wallpaper, found at Oxburgh Hall, that inspired it. 

Clumped bursts of ancient colour, in the form of rhododendrons and azaleas, have famously accompanied woodland and lakeside walks in the grounds of National Trust properties as far reaching as Cragside in Northumberland, Castle Drogo in Devon, Rowallane in Northern Ireland and Sheringham Park in Norfolk. 

In a synthesis of historic content and a time-served manufacturing technique, this paper features an abundance of colourful blooms, bursting towards the light whilst friendly bees land on their petals. Rendered in nine surface-printed colours in elegant combinations, this dramatic design aligns with contemporary interior spaces. 

May Morris, the daughter of celebrated Arts & Crafts figurehead, poet and design icon William Morris, inherited not only her father’s business and some of his status, but was a highly skilled protagonist of the Arts & Crafts movement herself. 

Born in 1862 in Red House in south London, the Morris family home and historical centrepiece of William’s design and architectural legacy, May became best known for her work in embroidery and jewellery. In 1907 she jointly founded the Women’s Guild of Arts which championed professional female artists and creatives, at a time when industry only officially recognised male endeavour. 

The trailing ‘May’s Tulip’ design is inspired by a beautiful set of late-19th-century weaves showing sprawling tulips, lovingly set into panels as a room divider. This wallpaper depicts a flowing network of intertwining vines and curling stems interspersed with stylised flowers and emerging buds creating a rhythm and harmonious pattern.