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Tag Archives: Kent

Sissinghurst – The National Trust at its Best

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
View from tower towards the Lime Walk

  Spring in England is pure delight, but nowhere more so than in Kent, the self-proclaimed ‘Garden of England’. My second career was as an restauranteur, and moving to Rye, on the Kent – Sussex border in spring, I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Harold Nicholson, Kent, National Trust, Vita Sackville-West

Prospect Cottage, Dungeness – Survival in a Hostile Environment

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Karen Blaylock

Is Prospect Cottage an important lesson for us all, on how with a fertile imagination and a shoestring budget a garden can be created in the most hostile of environments; or is it just a scattered pile of beach flotsam … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Derek Jarman, Dungeness, Kent, Romney Marshes, seaside planting

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