Spring Comes to Sissinghurst
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How fortunate that my first visit to Sissinghurst this year should coincide with the warmest day of the spring so far. As the […]
Garden Design
The Amazon Man Cometh
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Oh dear. Him Indoors has gone skiing and left me alone, at home, with only my credit card for company. It’s dangerous territory, […]
Le Jardin Secret, Marrakech
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 To create a new garden and open it to the public in the space of three years would be a challenge for the […]
Opening Day
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Do come at visit us at The Watch House today, 12-4, and the same again tomorrow. If you aren’t able, please enjoy this […]
Opening Pains
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Had we opened our seaside garden on the usual weekend, this is the scene that would have greeted our visitors. Not bad, even […]
Il Giardino di Boboli, Florence
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The Medici of Florence were not only one of the richest families in Europe for a time, but also phenomenal garden makers. They […]
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016: Show Gardens – Part I
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I am not a negative individual by nature, but I had misgivings about this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Some of the […]
Going to The Chapel
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When a new garden opens for the National Gardens Scheme in Thanet it’s a major event, principally because there are only three others, […]
Castle Park Physic Garden, Bristol
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As I alighted from the train at Bristol Temple Meads station on Saturday, I worked out that it had been 25 years since […]
Stourhead Revisited
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“We reached Stourhead at 3 o’clock. By that time the sun had penetrated the mist, and was gauzy and humid ….. Never do […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2016: The Royal Bank of Canada Garden
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Before I wind up my coverage of the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show there are two posts I feel compelled to write. The first […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2016: The Viking Cruises Mekong Garden
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For some reason the woodland ride that connects the Chelsea Flower Show’s Artisan Gardens seemed particularly quiet this year. On previous visits this […]