Meet the Laidees – a book review by Katherine Crouch
What is it with gardening that it seems determined to be stuck in a genteel 1950s? I couldn’t believe this title. But it has one of the very best photographers, so I thought we ought to have a look. Anne Wareham, editor. First...
Well loved – or totally forgotten? Russell Page Exhibition reviewed by Francois Gordon
Russell Page is being honoured at present by the Garden Museum in London. To publicise the exhibition, Christopher Woodward, the director of the Museum, wrote a piece for the Telegraph headed ‘The most famous garden designer no-one has ever heard...
Learn Skills on the Web? reviews of My Garden School courses
The advent of online courses for garden interested people is another useful aspect of the web, making skills available to anyone who is online, no matter where they live. So – are they any good? We sent two thinkingardeners off (in cyber space) to find out. They...
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...
Great Garden Design by Ian Hodgson, reviewed by Katherine Crouch.
I wonder: are all great garden designs, as in this book, designed by professional garden designers? What do you think? Is there a kind of garden apartheid – garden designs on one side, gardens on the other? Anne Wareham, editor Great Garden Design by Ian...
Art or Science? a review of Througham Court by Pat Webster
I’ve never managed to get into Througham Court yet. One day I will. Meanwhile, thanks (many thanks) to Pat Webster of the excellent and truly interesting website Site and Insight where this first appeared, we get a view… Anne Wareham, editor ...
Show Me Your Best Back Garden – tv review by Alison Levey
I have been known to wonder if the New Perennial look is getting a bit passé. That was before I watched a bit of television…. Anne Wareham, editor Alison Levey: Review of Britain’s Best Back Gardens and Show Me Your Garden For months...
Shrubs are the Next New Thing: a review of ‘Shrub Features’ by Michael King.
Time to review an ebook – in this case a self published ebook by Michael King: Shrub Features. Many thanks to Sarah Coles for her perseverance and excellent review. Michael may be best known for his work on grasses and meadows, and is co-author of with Piet...
Which nature? Rambunctious Garden by Emma Marris: a review by Catharine Howard
Before you ask, rambunctious means difficult, hard to deal with – as in children and – nature.It’s an Americanism. Don’t be put off if you’re in the UK, this is interesting stuff. With thanks to Catharine Howard. Anne Wareham, editor...
Wheelbarrows and Illusions by Clare Hoffman.
A review of Remaking a Garden by Roy Strong. Sad to say we have another thinkingardens reviewer who is less than enamoured of the Laskett. An interesting and challenging review by Clare Hoffman of ‘Remaking a Garden- The Laskett Transformed’ by Sir Roy...
A Keeper? – The National Botanic Garden of Wales reviewed by Tristan Gregory
It’s garden visiting time – come to Wales! You could visit Veddw (I know – sorry….but you’d be passing within 4 miles of us if you were visiting the National Botanic). So here’s a review of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, by...
Too polished? Review of the blog ‘View from Federal Twist’ by Lucy Masters
A very long time ago I promised you reviews of blogs, and indeed, I’ve had this one for a while, as usual. But here it is at last, and it’s by Lucy Masters, the amazing organiser of the thinkingardens suppers (sorry, the Veddw one is fully booked already)....
Not just a load of old coneflowers by Victoria Summerley.
Another fine book review from Victoria Summerley. Thank you, Victoria! Anne Wareham, editor A review of ‘Planting, a new perspective’, by Noel Kingsbury and Piet Oudolf by Victoria Summerley: First, I must apologise to Anne Wareham,. who asked me to reviw...
Recent Posts from: Veddw
Ambivalence about Snowdrops
Well, I’m sorry, but I didn’t have a happy Christmas. We were both full of cough and were quite unwell. I have not recovered, and I find myself quite unable to write anything new. So I dipped into The Bad Tempered Gardener to offer you a piece on those plants which gardeners obsess about at this time […]
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.
