The Well Connected Gardener by Sue Minter
“Another surprise is that the distinguished career of Alicia Amsherst (aka The Well-Connected Gardener) seems to have been almost forgotten. She was a contemporary of Gertrude Jekyll and a friend of Ellen Willmott (of Miss Willmott’s Ghost fame), and for many years was a member of the management committee of Chelsea Physic Garden.”
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…..”
Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets: review
“Why do they have to turn everything into a banal makeover program? ‘…Oh yes – I’ll have a trompe l’oeil window in my hedge’.”
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…”
Christopher Lloyd – His Life at Great Dixter by Stephen Anderton
Reviewed by Jane Powers.
“The author is at his most entertaining when discussing the Daisy-Christo relationship, and it is with some regret that the reader finds her passing away in her favourite’s arms at the end of part one….”
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..”
Parks, Plants and People by Lynden B Miller
Reviewed by Michelle Chapman.
“Often authors are urged to write about what they know and Miller has exploited this strength. However, it’s also the book’s weakness….”
Gardens of Divine Imitation by Bella D’Arcy, reviewed by Charles Hawes
Reviewed by Charles Hawes.
“In this context I really couldn’t be doing with the pages of her description of what her imaginary visitors to this imaginary garden might have encountered…”
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…”
The Garden Visitor’s Companion by Louisa Jones
Reviewed by Chris Young.
“The author’s aim is to get the reader thinking, questioning what they see, and how they see it….”
Avant Gardeners: 50 visionaries of the Contemporary Landscape by Tim Richardson
Reviewed by Bridget Rosewell.
“…..Moreover, it is not obvious how these ideas relate to conceptual gardens, though they would certainly give apoplexy to those who believe that gardens are about nice plants.”
The Garden Magazine Market is Skewed
A review of garden magazines by Matthew Appleby.
