A Haven for Hellebores
Reading time 5 minutes
Plunging down a steep lane at the edge of the cathedral city of Truro, one arrives at Bosvigo. This two acre garden surrounding a […]
Garden Design
Glorious Goodnestone, Part III: The Walled Garden
Reading time 5 minutes
The British love a walled garden: solid, enclosed and often romantic, they are private spaces where a lucky few get to garden and where […]
Satisfaction
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I am, quite simply, chuffed to bits with our London garden right now. At times the transformation of our boggy, heavily shaded ‘lawn’ into […]
The Trident, Gurgaon, India
Reading time 6 minutes
The sharp eyed among you will have noticed that I travel a lot. Whilst it’s not always as glamorous as it sounds, it takes […]
The Gardens of Constantine, Cornwall
Reading time 10 minutes
The National Gardens Scheme (NGS) is a fantastic charity, started in 1927 and now orchestrating access to thousands of private and public UK gardens […]
Castle Drogo, Devon
Reading time 7 minutes
My favourite architect by a country mile is Edwin Lutyens. Often described as a genius, he is most lauded for his Surrey country houses, […]
Blue Gold
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The days ahead promise more warm dry weather, but we’ve enjoyed some much needed rain today. The last time we encountered ‘the wet stuff’ […]
Wallington Hall, Cambo, Northumberland
Reading time 9 minutes
Northumberland is a wonderful, wild, unspoilt county in the north of England, once the frontier between rampaging Celts and civilised Romans. The region is […]
Summer Serendipity
Reading time 5 minutes
The English language is full of wonderful words, if only one can find the opportunity to use them. Thought to be one of the […]
Herterton House, Cambo, Northumberland
Reading time 8 minutes
To my great shame I have never visited Northumberland before, although I once pretend to for a school project on organic farming. Sorry Mrs […]
Growing North
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In honour of Him Indoors’ birthday we’ve had a lovely long weekend in northern England. We managed to squeeze in five completely different gardens […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2013: Hot Gardens
Reading time 8 minutes
Above, ‘Mid Century Modern’ designed by Adele Ford and Susan Wilmott We’re so accustomed to the British Summer being a wash out, it’s a […]