In this short film, part of Britain's best view series from the Guardian online, Martin Wainwright highlights 3 of Derbyshire's grandest stately homes, each located just off the M1.

A video highlighting the work of Humphry Repton, the 18/19th century landscape gardener, from eucalyptuspauciflora's YouTube channel. This 1991 film features Michael Hordern, and John Savident as Repton.

A video charting the history of architectural changes to Stowe House c. 1700-1770 from Stowe School's YouTube channel. Watch as the house at Stowe develops over 70 years.

A video from Historic Scotland's YouTube channel highlighting work being undertaken to return Stirling Castle's Royal Palace to how it may have looked in the mid-16th c.

BBC audio news report remarking upon the receipt by Sir Walter Scott's family home of lottery funding from the Heritage Lottery fund.

A multimedia presentation, narrated by Laura Carlo, exploring historic gardens of New England c. 1780s-1910 and offering a large selection of visual material drawn from Historic New England's Library and Archives .

Article and audio file investigating the restored gardens to the side of the manor house at Saumarez Park.

Reporter Gareth Lloyd dons his hard hat and helps out the builders, craftsmen and archaeologists as they restore parts of Stowe Landscape Gardens in Buckinghamshire back to their former glory. Originally broadcast on: BBC Three Counties, 2:00pm Tuesday 6th July 2010.

'Houseplants and arranged flowers have brightened up homes for centuries - but it was not until the late 1800s that the trend for bringing nature indoors really took off.

The Geffrye Museum in east London - which chronicles England's changing living rooms from 1600 to present day - is celebrating the Victorians' enthusiasm, and looking at how their legacy has endured.

Take a tour with the museum's Deputy Director Christine Lalumia, as she explains how plants and flowers have played an important role in the psychology of the home'. (via BBC)