“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January, 106 BC – 7 December, 43 BC) 2017 in the life of The Frustrated Gardener will […]
Category: Tropical Gardens
Nan Lian Garden, 南蓮園池, Hong Kong
“A classical garden in a modern city. serenity in the midst of urban hustle and bustle. Ingenious imitation of nature by man” The English language printed guide for Nan Lian Garden is so interesting […]
Chi Lin Nunnery 志蓮淨苑, Hong Kong
Three cheers for British Airways! Why? Because without them charging £1000 more to travel on a Friday night versus a Saturday night, I would not have been able to enjoy a full day off […]
On The Moove
I’m on the road again. Or rather I’m in the skies and generally racking-up the air miles. It’s buying season and there’s no rest for the wicked. In another life I must have been a […]
Heligan Harvest
I first started visiting The Lost Gardens of Heligan as a student in the very early 1990s. By then the Tremayne family’s forgotten pleasure grounds had been rediscovered by their descendant, John Willis. Thanks […]
Eternal Eden
I can smell Cornwall before I can see it. Driving across the ancient border between Devon and Cornwall at night it’s pitch black, but I know that if I wind the car window down […]
Daily Flower Candy: Hedychium gardnerianum AGM
August is turning out to be something of a damp squib. As soon as the kids broke up for the summer holidays the rain moved in and the weather turned decidedly cool. Flowering […]
