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Tag Archives: Gloucestershire

Bourton House Garden – Disconcerting Perfection

Posted on August 26, 2019 by admin
The Parterre

Bourton House is idyllic, a handsome Georgian house of fine, golden Cotswold stone set in three acres of stylish and exemplary gardens; a smallish garden to a family house with not a blade of grass out of place, and not … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged English Country Gardens, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds

Kiftsgate Court – Hidcote’s Little Kid Sister

Posted on April 25, 2014 by admin
The Pool

Set in a remote corner of the Cotswolds lies two of England’s most memorable gardens, yet the contrast between Hidcote and Kiftsgate Court couldn’t be greater. The National Trust markets Hidcote (I think controversially) as ‘The 20th century’s most influential … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Helen Muir, Lawrence Johnston

Snowshill Manor – Intimate Eccentricty

Posted on March 15, 2014 by admin
The Well Court

Come with me to the weird and wonderful world of Snozzle, or at least that’s what I was reliably informed the locals called this sleepy little village before it, along with most of the rest of the Cotswolds, was annexed … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Charles Wade, Gloucestershire, National Trust

Painswick Rococo Garden – A Productive Whimsical Pleasure Garden

Posted on March 15, 2014 by admin
The Exedra

Light hearted and flamboyant or frivolous and vulgar? Rococo seemed a fitting description for many of the smaller English gardens of the middle part of the 18th century now long since gone.  A commentator at the time sneered: ‘You are … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Gloucestershire, Rococo Gardens

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