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…
The Cost of a Garden by Tristan Gregory
I have to report, with mixed feelings, that the demands of happy domestic life have taken over one of our best and most prolific contributors. How…
Pleasance in Suburbia by Genny Twigg
We’ve all read something like it…. Anne Wareham, editor Pleasance in Suburbia, by Genny Twigg In brief Name: 102, 1956 semi-detached bungalow…
Volunteer Gardeners: The Enemy Within, by Rachel Cassidy
Are you a garden volunteer? Or a professional gardener? An employer of either? You may find this piece interesting. Anne Wareham, editor Volunteer…
I like the grasses: fun at a Gallery.
Yesterday Charles and I paid a visit to the new gallery, Hauser and Wirth, in Somerset. You’ll be hearing much about this place as Piet Oudolf has…
Doing the Art by Holly Allen
What is it like to create a garden as a work of art? Holly Allen discusses that in this piece, which is an interesting follow up to last week’s…
Community Gardens: do we care?
I am very busy just now, so instead of the usual post I am inviting a discussion by means of two links about community gardens. Do we really care…
Naff names by Katherine Crouch
There may be slightly less posting here over the next four months, as I have just signed a contract to write a book. (over 20 thousand copies sold…
More Chelsea
I’m risking boring everyone with more Chelsea stuff – in this case, some thoughts about the actual 2014 show: mine and those of Katherine Crouch. I…
Everyone has their idea of paradise: an interview with John Sales by Anne Wareham
I’ve been preoccupied with the gap between the professionally designed garden and the garden of the serious amateur for some years, particularly…
Show gardens: what are they for? by Wanda Oprea
I would like to propose that show gardens could be simply for delight, illumination or challenge – or whatever we would like a great work of art to…
We closed our garden, by Abbie Jury
Yes, this is a conversation we have every year: shall we go on opening the garden? It’s very hard work and I end the season exhausted. It comes…
What is Natural? by Emma White
We love to talk about ‘natural’ gardens – but what does that mean? If anything? Anne Wareham, editor Emma White: I find myself in a bit of a…
The Thinking Gardens Supper – what was it like? by Lucy Masters
At last – the account of the thinkingardens supper, which took place in London in the pouring rain and a tube strike. For all that sixteen people…
Try formality? by Susan Cohan
Our last piece was by Michael King and suggested that the New Perennial or Naturalistic style was getting everywhere and being used insensitively….
