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Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire
Along an oak-lined lane is an 18th-century farmhouse in a yellow ochre limewash with a string of outbuildings. It sits in five hectares (12.5 acres) nestled on the lower rises of Mynydd Figyn, part of the Cambrian range in west Wales. It has been sympathetically renovated. The kitchen has a flagstone floor and lime plastered walls in neutral tones with traditional freestanding units, stone sink and cream Aga. What was the dairy is a walk-in pantry. It is a 20-minute drive to the National Botanic Garden of Wales and its young arboretum. £850,000. Inigo, 020 3687 3071
Photograph: Inigo
Send Marsh, Surrey
This small village, south of Woking, is three miles from RHS Garden Wisley with its Jubilee arboretum. In the heart of the village, opposite the green, is a sprawling 17th-century trophy home – believed to date back to 1648. It has a vast, vaulted Elizabethan hall under oak-framed beams with a large brick fireplace. There are six bedrooms and the same number of bathrooms. Sitting in 0.5 hectares (1.4 acres) that wrap around the house, the gardens have a tennis court, heated outdoor, a spring-fed pond and an ancient willow tree. £3.5m. Knight Frank, 01932 591 602
Photograph: Knight Frank
Kew, London
Right opposite Kew Gardens is a three-double-bedroom, two-bathroom top-floor apartment in a converted period house. Through a little white picket gate, the property is built in a sandy-coloured brick with sash windows. It is a short walk to Kew Green with its chic stores and restaurants, just before Kew Bridge. The closest railway station is North Sheen. Kew Gardens arboretum, stretching across two-thirds of the site, has 11,000 trees and 2,000 species, with trees that date back to the 18th century. £780,000. Dexters, 020 8288 9988
Photograph: Dexters
Hascombe, Surrey
The pretty village is three miles from Godalming but within a short walk of Winkworth Arboretum, the perfect place to witness the changing colours this autumn. Within the village is a 1920s cottage comprising a half-tile-hung central gable between two newer properties. The two-storey house has a sitting room and kitchen downstairs and three bedrooms upstairs. From the kitchen-dining room French doors open on to tiered, decked terracing and beyond is the west-facing, 30-metre (100ft) garden with a painted timber shed and a chicken coop. £525,000. Seymours, 01483 420 555
Photograph: George Titus Photography/Seymours
Totnes, Devon
This five-bedroom, double-fronted Victorian house, with four bathrooms, has its own self-contained, one-bedroom apartment, patio garden and solar panels on the roof (the EPC rating is C with a potential B). The front room, with stripped wooden floorboards and a log burner, runs into the kitchen. With views of Totnes Castle, it is in walking distance of the station and the heart of the medieval town. On the outskirts is Follaton Arboretum and orchard. Dartmoor national park is 10 miles to the north, and the coast 10 miles to the south. £670,000. Marchand Petit, 01803 847 979
Photograph: Marchand Petit
