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Tag Archives: Kim Wilkie

Holker Hall Cumbria – A Disconbobulated Garden

Posted on March 23, 2018 by admin
Fountain and Pond

Sometimes I want to say something about a garden but I grapple with it, try and pin it down, think I’ve got it beat, only to find it is pulling me towards a dead end; and then in resignation I … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Cumbria, Kim Wilkie, Lake District, North West England, Thomas Mawson

Studley Royal – A Thoroughly Modern Garden

Posted on May 17, 2014 by admin
The River Skel

I have always thought that there was something curiously contemporary about the Water Garden at Studley Royal. It seems to have more in common with modern British landscapes than with Le Notre’s work at Versailles or Chantilly built just a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Charles Bridgeman, John Aislabie, Kim Wilkie, National Trust, Water Gardens, Yorkshire

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