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A light-hearted but informative blog on gardens, garden design and gardening – from opinions on the Chelsea Flower Show to the quality of tea and cake at open gardens. "...she is always available for an interesting conversation..."
RHS Harlow Carr
Smaller and far easier to walk than Wisley, and a corrective to my southern view of gardening up north. Salvias Amistad, Black and Blue, and Hotlips all thriving in North Yorkshire.
The Hepworth Wakefield Garden
I did not expect to like it. 14,000 perennials, 120 metres of beech hedging and 60,000 bulbs later, it is the best argument I know for planting a garden that peaks in autumn.
Chaumont International Garden Festival
The chateau and the historic grounds are the reason to go. The festival gardens are walk-through rather than roped-off, which I like, but do not arrive expecting Chelsea standards.
Le Jardin Plume
A garden three decades in the making in rural Normandy: sculptural hedges, a reflecting pond, grass borders and the unforgettable feather garden of tall summer flowering perennials, improbably inspired by Derek Jarman’s garden in Dungeness.
