New Perennials and Structure
I find myself wondering if one of the things which distinguishes the New Perennial gardens from – err – others, is a lack of structures?
Afterwards by Anne Wareham
I wonder what will happen to our home and garden after we’re dead?
Garden Opening : we think.
People’s thoughts, motivations and experiences in relation to opening their gardens
Philosophy in the Garden by Damon Young, reviewed by John Clarke
Anne Wareham, editor It’s that time again: thank you once more to our sponsor, Everedge (who make cool steel planters as well as edging) for another year of thinkingardens. And in entirely other news, thanks to Professor John Clarke for this review of Philosophy...
Representation of gardens and landscape by Caleb Melchior
Anne Wareham, editor Here’s a topic which has preoccupied our household for many years. And which I think about every time I visit Instagram. An essential topic then, addressed superbly by Caleb. We had one difficulty – ‘garden’ or...
Les Jardins d’Étretat by Charles Hawes
” I am informed that the trampoline is modelled on the boudoir of Marie-Antoinette, (really? That must have been some strange room).”
An interview with Hans von Trotha by Anke Schmitz
I was wondering who would be the ideal person to interview. Then I heard a podcast on garden art by the publicist, Hans von Trotha. Just perfect.
Personal or Commercial Garden? by Anne Wareham
What I’m wondering is, do you, as a thinkingardener, tend to visit a particular type of garden? And what is it, if you do?
Closing Time: Goodbye to Hummelo by Tony Spencer
The private garden of Piet and Anja Oudolf at Hummelo has closed to the public.
From the Veddw blog
I know this will be greeted with the same incredulity that opening a garden without serving tea and cake does.
The Best Garden I visited this year: : De Wiersse
I did feel I had stepped behind the mirror, like Alice (although I did not meet the Mad Hatter …)
The Best Garden I Visited this Year: Haseley Court
I know you have all been desperately wondering what on earth happened to the Best Garden reviews. ‘Before Christmas’, I said. Hm – well Christmas was its own pressure and was then closely followed by a horrible chest infection which has kept me...
The Best Garden I visited: Dixter x Two
I have heard it said that you shouldn’t meet your idols and while this doesn’t strictly apply to famous gardens, our visit to Great Dixter hadn’t been at all what I had thought it would be.
The Best Garden I visited this year: results
Whether the sculpture is to your taste isn’t really relevant because each one has been used to remind us that the garden is part of the wider landscape
Recent Posts from: Veddw
Favour the Ferns
Many years ago The Financial Times sent me to do a feature on the RHS ‘Flower Show’ at Tatton Park . I was totally naïve and had no idea what I was supposed to do or to write about. So my excitement was tempered by acute anxiety. The term ‘imposter syndrome’ could have been invented for me. […]
Snowdrop mania is coming…
In the UK, right now, the horticultural world is about to drive us all mad with snowdrops. Pictures of. Articles about. Gardens with them. Anything people can think of to bash us over the head with snowdrops.
Brilliant Brecon
Recently we made a visit to Brecon. This is not far from us, in case anyone was getting over excited about the possibility that I might have been travelling again. It’s in Wales, in the Brecon Beacons, recently re-christened Bannau Brycheiniog.
You should have been here Next Year
Charles made a complaint recently when we were walking in the garden.
When I complained about him complaining he told me that it was good for me to have complaints about the planting.
Garden Seats – to make and sit on.
I am discovering more and more often that it is important to have a great many seats in the garden. In fact there should probably be one every three feet or so.
