The Best Garden I Visited this Year: Haseley Court

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

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.

Plume Puzzle by Adam Hodge

Plume Puzzle by Adam Hodge

Jardin Plume is one of those gardens which not long ago got featured everywhere. So when Charles Hawes was in France for the Chaumont Garden Festival he made a long trek to go and see it. And I waited for his response with eager anticipation. He was disappointed. (Is...
Berchigranges Garden reviewed by Noel Kingsbury

Berchigranges Garden reviewed by Noel Kingsbury

Another garden review, and, as Noel says, also an opportunity for someone to get in there and wreck it..maybe take over. Anyone game? And is it the most beautiful garden in the world (apart from Veddw, of course)? And do you share Noel’s criteria for a special...
Fuller’s Mill – a review by Helen Seal

Fuller’s Mill – a review by Helen Seal

Garden reviews at their best raise interesting questions which take their interest beyond the immediate garden being reviewed. For me this review by Helen Seal had me wondering about that critical second visit – how much does it change our initial reactions? And...
Sudeley Castle, a review by Tristan Gregory

Sudeley Castle, a review by Tristan Gregory

If you are of a delicate disposition, look away now. Tristan is back. He visited Sudeley Castle, site of the grave of Katherine Parr. As usual, Tristan is unintimidated. And I too, was unimpressed when I last visited. I apologise for the photographs. Tech is not...
This other Eden, demi-paradise? – a review by Noel Kingsbury

This other Eden, demi-paradise? – a review by Noel Kingsbury

Such a relief when someone says ‘fantastic doesn’t mean flawless’…. Thanks, Noel! Anne Wareham, editor   Review of the Eden Project by Noel Kingsbury The Eden Project, since its opening in 1999, has kept itself in the top 15 or so British...
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