The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto by Jenny Condie and Alex Ramsey reviewed by Rory Stuart
Everyone is now totally exhausted after all that debate and discussion on Clumping and Mingling and on Britain’s blooming Blooming. Time to think…
Award worthy? a review of Abbotsbury by Tristan Gregory
Another review from the excellent writer, critic and plantsman Tristan Gregory, my most reliable garden reviewer. (yes, that is a heavy hint, laced…
The whole world is a garden?…. by Charles Hawes
We appeared (Charles and me) in an exhibition at the National Botanic Garden of Wales (shut up, you at the back there…) and so went to the launch….
Will they get it? A review of the Native Plant Garden at NYBG by Susan Cohan
This is an interesting review of a garden – and, as all good reviews do – it raises an interesting question. You don’t need a postcard to let us…
Buttercups are very low down in the scheme of things: a review of William Edmond’s Weeds, Weeding (& Darwin) by Barbara Abbs
I think this really must be the thinkingardener’s weed book. Reviewed by Barbara Abbs. Anne Wareham, editor Weeds, Weeding (& Darwin) by William…
They fell asleep.. a review of Kiftsgate by Anne Wareham
I didn’t intend to write a review. I was just having a good day off and taking some photographs for Tristan’s piece. But it didn’t turn out like…
Death careering round the trees – a review of Hidcote by Tristan Gregory
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” – Paul Joseph Goebbels I come to bury Hidcote, not…
The Road To Le Tholonet by Monty Don, reviewed by Alison Levey
After the series the book, of course. Here’s Alison Levey’s reflections on Monty Don’s latest, connected in some way to his French Gardens…
Powis Castle: a review by Tristan Gregory
Gardens are reopening, and it’s garden reviews time again. Remember thinkingardens when you make a visit.. And, just by the way, – I am now blogging…
In an Irish Garden (1986) reviewed by Marie McLeish
You may wonder why we are reviewing a book which was published in 1986. Well, now that we can search and find books from any time on line, instead…
Monty Don’s French Gardens – a review by Darryl Moore
Thinkingardens has been rather over Montyied recently, but we rarely get a serious television programme about gardens, so a review of BBC 2’s series…
Gardens in History by Louise Wickham reviewed by Tristan Gregory
The full title of the book under review here is “Gardens in History, a political perspective” and it reminds us once again that gardens have always…
Sezincote – of elephants and water by Alison Levey
The name Sezincote has acquired a kind of magic for its associations: Brighton Pavilion, India, the Raj… Does the garden live up to this magic?…
The gardens of Manoir d’Eyrignac and Marqueyssac France, by Bridget Rosewell.
Some pieces hang around a bit long (sorry everyone) – this arrived in summer and it’s now after Christmas. So – a time trip back to summer, in a…
What are Gardens For? by Rory Stuart reviewed by Bridget Rosewell
Here is a second second review of this book, in this case by Bridget Rosewell OBE. What are Gardens for? Visiting, Experiencing and Thinking…
