Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall
Reading time 12 minutes
Cornwall’s great gardens are, by and large, gardens that were created over 100 years ago and that have developed organically ever since. A handful have been rescued […]
Landscape Design
Picturesque Perfect: Hotel Endsleigh, Devon
Reading time 17 minutes
‘A Cottage’ is how Georgina, sixth Duchess of Bedford, described her country home at Endsleigh in Devon. Most visitors today, whether to the garden […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2014: Vestra Wealth’s Vista
Reading time 5 minutes
I had never heard of Vestra Wealth before this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and that’s for one very good reason – I […]
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2014 – Show Garden Highlights
Reading time 13 minutes
Chelsea needs to watch her back. Her bigger, louder and brighter sister at Hampton Court Palace is slowly but surely stealing her crown. Chelsea […]
Amsterdam Open Gardens Weekend 2014
Reading time 13 minutes
We all know Amsterdam as a city arranged along tree-lined canals. Some are fronted with fine houses, others modest ones, but all share similar characteristics – […]
All Change!
Reading time 7 minutes
They say a change is as good as a rest. Normally I’d agree with that, but the amount of turmoil we’ve had through June […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2014 – People’s Choice Award: Hope on the Horizon
Reading time 7 minutes
No doubt spurred on by TV talent shows, where the audience as well as expert judges get a vote, the RHS introduced People’s Choice awards […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2014 – Stars of the Show: The Telegraph Garden
Reading time 7 minutes
I was right about some things concerning this year’s Chelsea Flower Show; the weather was better; most designers defaulted to the tried and tested formula […]
Chelsea Calling
Reading time 7 minutes
May is well and truly here, so naturally my thoughts turn to Chelsea and what we can expect of the world’s most famous flower show […]
Up on the Roof
Reading time 3 minutes
Just two flights of stairs away from one of Britain’s busiest retail floors, six storeys above Oxford Street, lies London’s newest urban green space. The Frustrated Gardener […]
Triumph Over Adversity – Tresco Abbey Garden
Reading time 13 minutes
When, in 1834, the handsome Augustus Smith secured the lease for the Isles of Scilly, I wonder if he was aware of the legacy […]
2014 RHS London Plant and Design Show – Highlights
Reading time 8 minutes
Those of you who look in on The Frustrated Gardener regularly will know that I treasure my little jaunts from my place of work […]