After an absence of six years, this was my second visit to Vergelegen, and I am always encouraged and excited to see a garden where new developments have taken place and the garden is still evolving; but this is also … Continue reading
Passing through deep-cut narrow Surrey lanes winding through tunnels of beech woodland, my first memory on arriving at Vann was of being confronted by a 12 year old boy whizzing round on a tractor, cutting the car park’s long meadow … Continue reading
April is a wonderful time to visit Seville. In the two weeks after Easter, the weather has become more settled, the temperatures are in the comfortable upper 20s, the wisteria, judas trees and acacias are at their best, but also … Continue reading
At last, it looks as if the final part of this great jigsaw is about to fall into place. Stowe was a garden that always irritated and disappointed me. Undoubtedly it has the finest collection of 18th century temples, follies, … Continue reading
Lawrence Johnston is famed for creating his great and influential garden at Hidcote, but I have always been curious to visit his other garden in the hills just outside Menton on the Cote d’Azur. How does it compare to Hidcote, … Continue reading
I have always found excuses not to go back to the Cote d’Azur; the conspicuous show of wealth, the hordes wishing to associate themselves with celebrity glamour, the endless camper vans and caravans clogging up the mountain roads, and a … Continue reading