Sussex Prairies Garden Again – reviewed by Susan Wright
I make no apology for a new and different perspective on the Sussex Prairies Garden. I’m fed up with the ‘isn’t it lovely’ single viewpoint on…
Appeltern Gardens, Netherlands reviewed by Wanda Oprea
Is there an inherent problem with show gardens? And can you have too much of a (maybe) good thing? Does quality shine in the most challenging…
Sussex Prairie Garden review: Meadows, Prairies and Downs by Kate Buxton: a review of the Sussex Prairies Garden
The topic of contemporary naturalistic planting design is a fascinating topic: what is the relationship between ‘Dutch Wave’ gardens, the ‘New…
Chiswick House and Gardens: a dog’s dinner or a curate’s egg?
Barbara Taylor has recently discovered, Chiswick House & Gardens. In the interests of research, she decided to give it the once over and find…
The Laskett reviewed by Emma Bond
“It is a shame that Sir Roy Strong is subjected to the now-obligatory drivel about his being a ‘national treasure’, because this unthinking cliché…
Veddw reviewed by Bridget Rosewell
Just to wind up Matthew Appleby, who is complaining there is too much Veddw on this site… Having just been sent the review I can’t resist adding…
Mill Dene Garden reviewed by Darryl Moore
Darryl Moore is a valued garden critic on thinkinGardens, with an astute sense of the relationship between the owner and the garden and its…
Boughton House – Kim Wilkie’s Orpheus reviewed by James Alexander-Sinclair
“Perfect, Impressive, Majestic and Splendid. It is the sort of thing that makes one sigh from the pleasure of it all. And I did..
But…”
The High Line: more than the sum of its parts
“But it wasn’t Piet Oudolf who got most of the early press about the High Line. New Yorkers are far more interested in architects and landscape architects than garden designers, and in this case it was the elevated rail line itself, and its very costly rehabilitation, that was the focus of public and media hype. Now that the aerial garden has been opened to the public for over a year, the plantings themselves are garnering more public acclaim.”
Hidcote – a review by Barbara Taylor
“So, what did I think?
Initially I thought all the different views and vistas were fabulous; looking down little paths to a different area…..”
A Letter from America by Suzanne Albinson
I went to 24 gardens.
Some of the gardens were A gardens, some Fs. ……. my three favourites were……
Highgrove Garden reviewed by James Alexander-Sinclair
A review of Highgrove by James Alexander-Sinclair “The garden: if the truth be told it is very much a curate’s egg of a garden …”
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..”
