Scampston: The Walled Garden reviewed by Charles Hawes
“So what is the point of it? … At just over 10 years old, this is a young garden…so for the time being the flowery parts of the garden are that much more important.”
Il Bosco della Ragnaia by Rory Stuart
“Is it a garden? Not in the English sense of the word, a place full of flowers. Is it a landscape? Yes, partly…”
Suzanne Albinson on Alnwick Gardens
“….However, to earn the right to be called the most innovative, contemporary British garden of the twenty-first century Alnwick Gardens need to step it up a notch..”
Fundacion Cesar Manrique – El Taro de Tahiche by Lesley Hegarty
“..the front garden had the same palm trees, randomly planted aloes, prickly pears and candelabra Euphorbias which give a lot of Lanzarote that half wild, half cultivated look…”
Poundbury comes to Hanham Court
“Hanham Court gardens are our horticultural equivalent of Poundbury, indulging the endless British pleasure in nostalgia.”
Coton Manor Garden reviewed by Anne Wareham
“…the finest garden in the East Midlands” – Good Gardens Guide
“…This garden is the horticultural equivalent of a Vettriano picture. If you think those are lovely you may well think Coton Manor garden is too. Nice teas.”
Little Sparta by Tim Richardson
by Tim Richardson.
“….we are reminded of Finlay’s dictum: “Embark on a garden with a vision but never with a plan….”
Maggie Centre Garden, Charing Cross by Dan Pearson reviewed by Bridget Rosewell
Bridget Rosewell reviews Dan Pearson’s garden at The Maggie Centre, Charing Cross, London.
“Some rather dispirited perennial clumps do their best to break up the mulch and are backed by the now ubiquitous groups of multi-stemmed small trees.”
The Battery Bosque: prairie as metaphor by James Golden
“What better designer than Piet Oudolf, who works in a vocabulary of plant materials characterized by sturdy geometric form, durable structure, and the ability to provide visual appeal even through winter weather?”
Coombe House reviewed by Darryl Moore
Reflections on a visit to Plaz Metaxu (Coombe House) by Darryl Moore.
“The Vista group visit to Coombe House to view Alasdair Forbes’ Plaz Metaxu garden proved to be interesting, not only in terms of viewing the garden itself, but also in relation to some of the debates it raises concerning gardens in general.”
Coombe House, Devon reviewed by Stephen Anderton
Reflections on a visit to Plaz Metaxu (Coombe house) by Stephen Anderton.
“It is possible for an overpowering intellectual agenda for a garden to be the excuse for unconscious flights of great ugliness…”
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation reviewed by Tim Richardson
“…The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is no longer a dialogue with the universe, it is a monologue about the universe. It is becoming The Garden of Comic Extrapolation, and someone needs to say it.”
How to look at the Taj Mahal?
East and West have very different ways of approaching garden history by Ambra Edwards.
“…Or should – at the risk of disappointing tourists – an older, more ‘authentic’ garden be recreated, illustrating the Emperor’s original intentions?”
Review of Veddw House Garden by Robin White
“If I were to give feedback about the garden…I would say that I would like to see this made sense of…”
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.
