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