‘This is the sort of garden you could visit every month and see something different each time’ Neil Miller, head gardener at Hever Castle since 2006, told me on my recent visit. […]
HEVER CASTLE AND GARDENS IN AUTUMN
May in the Malvern Hills
After a surprisingly busy couple of months, I’m finally catching up with some blogs about garden visits I’ve made this year! Back in the middle of May I spent a week in […]
Autumn colour. Looking back at visits to Anglesey Abbey, Audley End, Kew Gardens, RHS Wisley, Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens and Green Island Gardens
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 Gardens, West Sussex – past and present meet in this varied and beautiful garden
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 […]
Thornbridge Hall Gardens, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire
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, Bakewell, Derbyshire
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 […]
Athelhampton House and Garden, Dorset, March 2020.
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 […]
The Garden Press Event 2020 – Garden trends and old friends
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, February 2020
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, […]
Visits July 2019 – Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
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 […]
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