The American Garden, Saltwood, Kent
Reading time 7 minutes
Primped and polished gardens are all very well (we’ll be seeing a lot of them at Chelsea in a few days’ time) but for […]
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Saltwood Castle NSPCC Plant Fair 2015
Reading time 7 minutes
Driving south to the pretty village of Saltwood for the annual NSPCC plant fair has become something of a tradition in our household. Even Him […]
Chelsea Physic Garden – Nick Bailey’s ‘Best in Snow’
Reading time 13 minutes
Early in February I went along to the Chelsea Physic Garden for one of their annual snowdrop days. I was lucky enough to bag […]
Snowdrop Week: Galanthus ‘John Gray’
Reading time 3 minutes
This week is snowdrop week here at The Frustrated Gardener. I’ll be celebrating the glories of the alluring genus Galanthus in all its virginal whiteness. Never fear, I […]
Trengwainton Gardens, Cornwall
Reading time 9 minutes
From a very early age my parents took me and my sister to visit gardens. I like to think the reason was to cultivate […]
Trebah Gardens, Cornwall
Reading time 10 minutes
On the steep sides of the Helford River in Cornwall lie two famous gardens, as similar in style as the two halves of a […]
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 […]
Sissinghurst – Fire and Ice
Reading time 7 minutes
By late summer both of our plots have started to run out of puff, so I am always keen to seek out gardens which manage to […]
Dazzling Dixter
Reading time 11 minutes
Having been utterly engrossed in our own garden for the last few weeks it was a relief to get out and about and start the […]
Old Bladbean Stud, Elham, Kent
Reading time 10 minutes
Joyful and life affirming is how I’d describe the garden at Old Bladbean Stud. Hidden among the labyrinthine lanes of South East Kent, owner […]
Trevoole Farm – National Gardens Festival Weekend 2014
Reading time 6 minutes
This weekend over five hundred gardens participating in the National Gardens Scheme opened their gates to raise money for nursing and caring charities, including Macmillan Cancer […]
Great Balls of Fire – Sandling Park in May
Reading time 8 minutes
There was such an extraordinary amount going on in May that I am now working through a draft post pile-up. In contrast to the scarcity […]