| | | | Winter |
| 1 | | | Emma |
| | Emma | Lovell | A gardener. |
| | Charlie | | Emma's best friend. |
| | Sydney | Wilcox | Highbury House's owner. |
| | Bonnie | | One of Sydney's dogs. |
| | Clyde | | One of Sydney's dogs. |
| | Andrew | Wilcox | Sydney's husband. |
| | Greg | | One of the workers at Sydney's house. |
| | Venetia | Smith | A very talented garden designer. |
| | Jessa | | One of Sydney's crews. |
| | Queen Anne | | Queen of Great Britain. |
| | Zack | | One of Sydney's crews. |
| | Vishal | | One of Sydney's crews. |
| 2 | | | Venetia |
| | Adam | Smith | Venetia's brother. |
| | Mr. | Melcourt | An industrialist. |
| | Mrs. | Melcourt | Mr. Melcourt's wife. |
| | Mrs. | Creasley | A housekeeper. |
| | John | Hillock | Melcourt's head of gardeners. |
| | Mr. | Cunningham | One of a wealthy industrialists. Mr. Melcourt's acquaintance. |
| | Mr. | McCray | One of a wealthy industrialists. Mr. Melcourt's acquaintance. |
| | Matthew | Goddart | Mrs. Melcourt's brother. |
| | Lady | Mallory | Venetia's first major patron. |
| 3 | | | Beth |
| | Mr. | Penworthy | A farmer. |
| | Elizabeth | Pedley | A landgirl. aka: Beth. |
| | Mrs. | Penworthy | Mr. Penworthy's wife. |
| | Ruth | Harper Greene | Beth's roommate. |
| | Mildred | | Beth's aunt. |
| | Graeme | Hastings | An officer of the Second
Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. |
| 4 | | | Venetia |
| | Helen | | Mrs. Melcourt's acquaintance. |
| | Clara | | A maid. |
| 5 | | | Emma |
| | Will | Frayn | Emma's acquaintance. |
| | Gillian | Frayn | Will's wife. aka: Gilly. |
| 6 | | | Stella |
| | Stella | Adderton | A cook. |
| | Mrs. | George | The head cook at Highbury House Hospital. |
| | Miss | Dibble | Highbury House's housekeeper. |
| | Diana | Symonds | The mistress of Highbury House. |
| | Miss | Grant | A diminutive junior cook. |
| | Father | Bilson | The vicar of Highbury. |
| | Mrs. | Bilson | Father Bilson's wife. |
| | Estrella | | Stella's pet name. |
| | Mrs. | Hyssop | A solicitor. |
| | Mrs. | Parker | Mrs. George's other assistant. |
| | Joan | Reynolds | Stella's sister. aka: Joanie. |
| | Bobby | | Joan's son. |
| | Robin | | Mrs. Seymond's son. |
| 7 | | | Diana |
| | Neville | Chamberlain | Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| | Murray | | Mrs. Symonds' husband. |
| | Cynthia | Symonds | Murray's sister. |
| | Matron | McPherson | Ran the medical side of the hospital. |
| | Sister | Wharton | A senior nurse. |
| | Private | Beaton | A soldier. |
| | Mr. | Gilligan | One who repaired the water supply. |
| | Mr. | Keen | Head at Charleton Preparatory School. |
| | Father | Devlin | A chaplain. |
| | Gladys | | One of Diana's friends. |
| | Jessica | | One of Diana's friends. |
| | Charlotte | | One of Diana's friends. |
| 8 | | | Emma |
| | Arthur | Melcourt | Sydney's great-great-great-grandfather. |
| | Celeste | | As Venetia's father called her mother. |
| | Juliet Caroline | | Venetia's mother. |
| | Walter | Wayland | Sydney's acquaintance. |
| | Henry | Jones | Owns Highbury House Farm. |
| 9 | | | Venetia |
| | Lawrence | Johnston | One of the gardeners. |
| | Gregor | Mendel | A Silesian scientist and Augustinian friar. |
| 10 | | | Emma |
| | James | Brown | American singer-songwriter, dancer, music mogul. |
| | Sue | | Caretaker of the farm. |
| | Jackie | Wilson | American singer. |
| | Tif | | Henry's sister. |
| | Rob | | Sydney's grandfather. |
| 11 | | | Beth |
| | Colin | Eccles | Beth's ex-boyfriend. |
| 12 | | | Stella |
| | Mr. | Evans | School headmaster. |
| | | | Spring |
| 13 | | | Emma |
| | Martha | Reeves | American singer and politician. |
| | Claudia | | Arthur Melcourt's eldest daughter. |
| | John | | Claudia's husband. |
| 14 | | | Beth |
| | Christine | | One of the landgirls. |
| | Anne | | One of the landgirls. |
| | Alice | | One of the landgirls. |
| | Petunia B. | Hawthorn | Beth's new acquaintance. aka: Petal. |
| | Second Lt. | Wilkes | A soldier. |
| 15 | | | Diana |
| | Marcella | | Diana's friend. |
| 17 | | | Emma |
| | Eileen | | Emma's mother. |
| | Bethany | | Emma's acquaintance. |
| | D. H. | Lawrence | An English writer and poet. |
| | Dinah | | A bartender. Henry's aunt. |
| | Lucy | McFarlane | The quiz master. |
| | P. G. | Wodehouse | An English author. |
| | Jaya | Singh | The head of events for the Priority in Temple Kinton. |
| | Colby | Powell | A professor at the University of Warwick. |
| | Marcel | Proust | A French novelist, critic, and essayist. |
| 18 | | | Stella |
| | Mr. | Jeffries | The postmaster. |
| | Dorothy | | A maid. |
| | Judy | Garland | American actress, singer and vaudevillian. |
| | Dorothy | Lamour | American actress and singer. |
| 19 | | | Venetia |
| | Louis XIV | | King of France and Navarra |
| 20 | | | Beth |
| | Mrs. | Kilfod | An old cook. |
| | Mrs. | Rhys | The quartermaster. |
| 21 | | | Emma |
| | Lady Gaga | | American singer, songwriter, and actress. |
| | Mr. | Mulligan | The Bow Cottage owner. |
| | Mrs. | Mulligan | Mr. Mulligan's wife. |
| | Lou | Rawls | American record producer. |
| | Otis | Redding | American singer, songwriter and record producer. |
| 22 | | | Venetia |
| | Lady | Kinner | Mrs. Melcourt's friend. |
| | Laura | Bartholomew | Lady Kinner's friend. |
| | Theresa | Orleon | Lady Kinner's niece. |
| | Terrance | Kinner | Lady Kinner's husband. |
| | Mrs. | Filsom | Mrs. Melcourt's acquaintance. |
| 23 | | | Beth |
| | Lord | Walford | An orchids collector. |
| 24 | | | Diana |
| | Laura von | Holt | A nurse. |
| | Edmund | Grayson | A Wing commander. |
| | Flora | | Edmund Grayson's wife. |
| | | | Summer |
| 25 | | | Venetia |
| | Young John | | Mr. Hillock's son. |
| | Timothy | | One of the gardeners. |
| 26 | | | Stella |
| | Mrs. | Yardley | A shopkeeper. |
| 27 | | | Beth |
| | Mr. | Becker | A shepherd. |
| | John | Snagge | A British reporter. |
| 29 | | | Venetia |
| | Michaelson | | Mrs. Melcourt's driver. |
| | Dr. | Irving | Venetia's physician. |
| 30 | | | Diana |
| | Franz | Schubert | Austrian composer. |
| 31 | | | Venetia |
| | Martin | Schoot | Director of the Royal Botanical Heritage Society. |
| | William | Robinson | An Irish practical gardener and journalist. |
| | Gertrude | Jekyll | A British horticulturist, garden designer. |
| 33 | | | Emma |
| | Bill | Withers | American singer-songwriter and musician. |
| | Eliot | | Venetia's father. |
| | Spencer | Smith | Venetia's husband. |
| | May | Miles | Worked at the Royal Botanical Heritage Society. |
| | | | Autumn |
| 37 | | | Diana |
| | Miss | Havisham | Diana's acquaintance. |
| 39 | | | Emma |
| | Amy | | Mr. Rotheby's assistant. |
| | William | Rotheby | Emma's new acquaintance. |
| | Loraine | Jeffers | Mr. Rotheby's acquaintance. |
| 42 | | | Stella |
| | Jerry | | Joan's husband. |
| 47 | | | Diana |
| | Mrs. | Delmonte | Diana's old friend. |
| | Robert | | Bobby's new name. |
