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Chaumont's International Garden Festival 2014 - When fairy-tale chateau meets...
Chateau de Chaumont, the fairy-tale castle at the heart of the Loire Valley in FranceWhat better setting for a garden festival than a fairy-tale castle in the Loire Valley, between the popular towns of...
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The Laskett - like it or not, it's definitely one to visit now Sir Roy Strong...
The Laskett was created by Sir Roy Strong and his wife, Julia Trevelyan OmanGarden visiting is a growing trend the world over and here in England we have more than our fair share of gardens to visit....
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Tacit Tuesday - Visit to the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island
View of Mount Rainier from the Bainbridge Island ferryThe house at the heart of the Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WAViews across the Puget Sound from the Bloedel ReserveJapanese guest house at...
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Wordless Wednesday - Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle because there are just too many wonderful gardens to see here ... Heronswood, the Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden and Windcliff, the magical private garden created by Dan...
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Heronswood - one of America's top woodland gardens - sailing back into the...
Heronswood Nursery, founded in 1987 by Dan Hinkley and Robert JonesGardeners and plant lovers the world over will have heard of both Dan Hinkley and Heronswood Garden. Hinkley enjoys rock-star status...
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Windcliff - Dan Hinkley's wondrous waterview garden in Washington
View of Mount Rainier and Seattle skyline from WindcliffWith a view like this, who could consider living anywhere else? This is what you see when you visit Dan Hinkley's magical garden overlooking...
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Wordless Wednesday - On the road again ... finally!
In the jungle, but where??? More soon.
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La Bambouseraie - an extraordinary plant collection that's survived the test...
The story of La Bambouseraie - the oldest cultivated bamboo garden in Europe – located in southern France is fascinating. This plant haven houses in excess of 200 bamboo species, plus some 800 plants...
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Wordless Wednesday - Autumn colours at Parham House, Sussex
The walled gardens at Parham House (just a short drive from London, between Storrington and Pulborough on the A272) are filled with autumn colour right now - and there's a special "Autumn Foraging"...
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Wordless Wednesday - Autumn colours at RHS Wisley
We've been blessed with so many sunny days recently in between the rainstorms and Britain's gardens are overflowing with autumn colours. Family illness has severely curtailed my galloping this year,...
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National Trust snubs Sir Roy Strong and turns down his garden. Will The...
The Laskett is the largest formal garden to be created in England since the end of World War IIThe gardening world is so often considered to be gentle and unassuming. We all watch wonderfully crafted...
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Great British landscapes - Stourhead in Wiltshire
The Palladian bridge at Stourhead, with the Pantheon in the backgroundOn arrival at Stourhead, you would be forgiven for thinking that this magnificent landscape garden was created by one of the two...
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Almost silent Saturday - on the road in astounding Assam, India
Visitors have the opportunity to take elephant rides in Kaziranga National ParkClose up of an Indian one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park, AssamAn elephant ride gives the perfect...
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Almost Wordless Wednesday - on top of the world in beautiful Bhutan
Posts recently have been brief and consisted of pictures because I've been travelling in India and Bhutan for the last few weeks. First to Assam in the northeastern corner of India and then from east...
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The end of another year .... here's to welcoming in 2015 - and many more...
Wollerton Old Hall, brainchild of Lesley and John Jenkins, and created over the last 30 years2014 is nearly over and it’s been an interesting year, even though I’ve failed to keep abreast of many of...
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"Wow" gardens of the world I - Lotusland near Santa Barbara, California
Densely planted cactus plants surround the Spanish-style house (designed by Reginald Johnson) at LotuslandIn the first in a series of gardens that have really impressed me during the years I've been...
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Where plants of the world meet at England's heart - Biddulph Grange,...
The Dahlia Walk at Biddulph Grange - planted with tulips in springtimeBiddulph Grange in the heart of England is a fine example of Victorian exoticism. The 26-acre site features 18 acres of formal...
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A winter walk with John Brookes at Denmans and his thoughts on garden design
John Brookes, with his camera in the garden at Denmans todayWhat better way to spend a Sunday that with my dear friend John Brookes in the garden he has created over the last 30 years - Denmans -...
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