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 […]
Other People’s Gardens
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 […]
Elham NGS Open Gardens
Reading time 12 minutes
Nestled in a broad, fertile valley cutting a swathe through East Kent, Elham is the very essence of England. During W.W.II Sir Anthony Eden lived in a […]
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 […]
London Grows, Amsterdam Shows
Reading time 7 minutes
Every so often a particular date throws up so many opportunities for merriment that one is spoilt for choice. The next such occasion is June 21st and […]
Kentish Belles
Reading time 3 minutes
Over the next couple of weekends, two of Kent’s most beautiful and enigmatic gardens will be opening their gates to the curious public. Both reveal their secrets […]
Blooming Bosvigo
Reading time 7 minutes
Very little trumps the romanticism of a well-made woodland garden. Lush, informal and unbridled it will capture the heart in its quest to mimic nature. Every […]
Bosvigo Hellebore Day 2014
Reading time 7 minutes
When it comes to finding interesting topics for new posts, it can sometimes be a case of feast or famine. Just now, I have […]
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 […]
Seeing White
Reading time 5 minutes
Perhaps it is just me, but it seems that every gardening publication I open this month is packed with features on snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) and lists […]
Trevoolery
Reading time 3 minutes
We do not get back to Cornwall often enough, but the arrival of my sister’s new baby spurred us into making the five hour […]