Autobiography of a Garden by Patterson Webster: a review
Autobiography of a Garden is about the garden making, Pat’s life, the history of the land, the ideas, the art, the plants and the devouring deer.
Hadspen aka The Newt in Somerset, by Anne Wareham
The garden is actually interestingly old fashioned. It’s not just the bedding but the relentless inclusion of every garden cliché, however brilliantly executed.
Lawrence Halprin’s Heritage Plaza: A Crying Shame by Susan Cohan
“Despite my swagger, I’m a softy. I well up in tears when I am moved by something–not usually landscapes or gardens.
A Chelsea garden in Monmouthshire reviewed by Patterson Webster and Anne Wareham
This is another re-issue, to remind me of a happy day with a great friend. We will meet our friends again one day – we will. Editor, Anne Wareham. I recently had a very welcome visitor – Pat Webster of Site and Insight and garden maker of Glen Villa. Arne...
“You Should Have Been Here Last Week” by Tim Richardson reviewed by Bridget Rosewell
This is one of those (few) books every thinkingardener wants to have to read in the bath. And this is another re-issue. Anne Wareham, editor. ‘You Should Have Been Here Last Week – Sharp Cuttings from a Garden Writer’ Bridget Rosewell: Did you know that John Denham...
An Economic History of the English Garden by Roderick Floud, reviewed by Bridget Rosewell.
Floud sets out the history of the garden industry. He is interested in the how and the who, and how much it all cost.
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...
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).”
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
Shades of Green reviewed by Victoria Summerley
I am a great admirer of John Sales. He is one of the sanest and most perceptive professionals I’ve come across in the garden world. None of that ‘all gardens are lovely’ from him. So I’ve been looking forward to this book since I interviewed...
Natural Selection: A Year in the Garden by Dan Pearson reviewed by Tristan Gregory
Someone somewhere may have been wondering why Thinkingardens had disappeared. My apologies – I’ve been on a post garden opening holiday and recovery break. I am especially grateful to Tristan for this review, knowing how fraught his life also is these...
Recent Posts from: Veddw
I’ve fallen in love with these.
I love my garden, I do. It’s at the heart of my life. But just recently I’ve been drawn back and back to a windowsill with some sweet dwarf pelargoniums.
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.
