Autumn at RHS Harlow Carr
I ticked off another ‘must see’ garden on my recent Harrogate trip with a visit to Harlow Carr, the most . . .
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Tag: open gardens
Hodges Barn – Structure and Informality
I love gardens that manage to combine enough structure to look designed with planting that’s relaxed without tipping into unruliness. . . .
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A Taste of Stockton Bury Gardens
Whatever else I expected of a press day at Stockton Bury Gardens, it wasn’t that I would be eating hostas. . . .
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Visiting the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
A trip to Scotland and the chance to finally tick off the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from my ‘must see’ . . .
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Brockworth Court Forced to Rethink
All gardens evolve but sometimes change is forced upon them. At Brockworth Court, the arrival of the box moth caterpillar . . .
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Exploring Great Dixter and Gravetye Manor
There’s always a slight apprehension about visiting a garden that’s long been on the ‘must see’ list. Will it be . . .
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Managing Change at RHS Wisley
It’s always been the why behind a garden that’s interested me as much as what’s in it. Why it was . . .
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A New Season at Colesbourne Park
There’s something reassuring about Nature I thought as I wandered around Colesbourne Park. The seasons change and plants reappear no . . .
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Snowdrop gazing at Downton House
Downton House opens for the National Garden Scheme Snowdrop Festival next week. I’ve been to have a look around. There’s . . .
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Review: Grasping the Nettle
It’s just as well I read Grasping the Nettle holed up in my study as I found myself frequently laughing . . .
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