| GANDERS | Birds ruin the gardens |
| MARTINS | Birds ruin metal containers (7) |
| RODRIGO | Blind from the age of three, a Spanish composer whose guitar concerto Concierto de Aranjuez was inspired by the scent of the magnolias in the gardens of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez (7) |
| HOARE | "Henry the Magnificent" who laid out the gardens at Stourhead; or, his grandson, Richard, who acquired The Adoration of the Magi for said Wiltshire house in 1790 (5) |
| REPTON | Landscapist considered the successor to Capability Brown, whose designs include those at the gardens/grounds of Cobham Hall, Dyrham Park, Harewood House and the Longleat estate (6) |
| GERARD | Originally a barber-surgeon, the botanist and superintendent of the gardens of William Cecil, Lord Burghley and compiler of the tome Herball (6) |
| MULBERRY | With a national collection of 34 named varieties held by the Queen in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, a tree in the genus Morus and its fruit (8) |
| PAXTON | Superintendent of the gardens at Chatsworth where he cultivated and developed the Cavendish banana, later designing the Crystal Palace and Mentmore Towers (6) |
| ORANGERY | Glasshouse for citrus trees, bromeliads, orchids, azaleas and other exotic plants, such as that in Kew Gardens or the gardens of the Palace of Versailles (8) |
| PIRATE | The _ Ship, wooden structure for the kiddies, found in the gardens of Mulberry Cottage, Emmerdale (6) |
| HOSE | Empty dwelling is used by the gardener watering The Gardens (4) |
| KENT | William -; architect who designed the gardens at Stowe House and popularised the Palladian style in England (4) |
| VISIT | This year you may wish to pay a ___ to one of the gardens connected to the subject of this week's Miscellany! (5) |
| NOTRE | Le -; landscape architect who designed the gardens of the Palace of Versailles for Louis XIV (5) |
| EDGES | Borders formed by scattering seed around the top of the gardens (5) |
| FALLA | Composer of the orchestral pieces entitled Nights in the Gardens of Spain (5) |
| GROUNDS | Drug son discovered in the gardens (7) |
| GROTTO | Feature of the gardens at Versailles |
| PLOTS | Plans the gardens (5) |
| DANGERS | They're found in the gardens perhaps (7) |
