Among the colour at Bowood House
The last time I visited Bowood House it was midsummer and the Woodland Garden, full of rhododendrons, magnolias and azaleas, . . .
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Tag: open gardens
Barnsley celebrates its gardening heritage
This year sees the centenary of the birth of garden designer Rosemary Verey and the 30th anniversary of the Barnsley . . .
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What’s new in the Cotswold National Garden Scheme for 2018
The garden visiting season gets underway this month with the publication of The National Garden Scheme guide and there’s plenty . . .
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Cotswold snowdrop gardens for 2018
If snowdrops are your thing, then the Cotswolds is one of the places to be over the next few weeks. . . .
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Strong design pays off at Brocklehurst
Brocklehurst may be one of the smaller Cotswold gardens I’ve visited but the design principles that underpin it are the . . .
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Sheep, music and plants help charities’ fundraising
Hidden sheep, live music and lovely gardens will be raising money for good causes in the Cotswolds in the next . . .
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Greenfields – a secret garden
One of the delights of the National Garden Scheme is that it gives you the chance to look around otherwise . . .
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A garden crafted by nature
Sometimes nature proves to be the better gardener. So often in my own plot self-sown plants have colonised corners I’d . . .
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Cheered by the sight of yellow
The publication of the National Garden Scheme guide heralds the start of the gardening year and in Gloucestershire there’s lots on offer. . . .
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Discovering snowdrops at Colesbourne Park
Take on an established garden in the summer and you would expect to see most of what it has to . . .
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