The shortening days of autumn can be unwelcome and even in a normal year, without the extra challenges that this one has brought, many people feel their mood profoundly affected by the […]
Borde Hill Garden near Haywards Heath in West Sussex had been on my 2020 list of gardens I’d never been to and wanted to visit. Originally it was a pretty extensive list […]
I had never heard of Thornbridge Hall and came across it by chance in June last year when I was on holiday in the Peak District. We’d been out walking all day […]
Haddon Hall is unique. Not just because it is 900 years old, this is Britain after all, but more significantly because the house was closed in the 18th century when the family […]
I love the spring and normally try to go away for a week in March, often aiming for the end of the month. As luck had it this year, various plans and […]
Every year in February or March, the Gardening Press Event brings together around 100 companies involved in different aspects of the gardening industry with the massed members of the gardening press. The […]
The Savill Garden sits at the edge of Windsor Great Park. The park itself is huge, covering an area of 5,000 acres that incorporates lakes, woodland and farmland. The Savill Garden itself, […]
July 2019 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival There was so much to see at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, formerly known as the Hampton Court flower show. The layout of […]
June 2019 The sun shone! After a damp and rather dismal June, during which the gardens certainly got the rain they needed, there was a change in the wind direction in the […]
Just a brief round-up of this, as I’ve got a couple of gardens to write about as well. Not that the show doesn’t deserve a thorough write-up. In fact I was very […]
