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Tag Archives: Wales

Powis Castle Gardens – Hobbled by its History

Posted on August 16, 2019 by admin
Powis’s Exuberant Planting Against the Backdrop of the Castle

Powis is one of the most spectacular and best planted gardens of Britain, and so why has it been hobbled by its history? Most great gardens are built over the remains of previous gardens, but at Powis this is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Baroque Gardens, Edwardian gardens, Emes, Powys, The National Trust, Wales

Bodnant Garden – Suburbia Writ Large

Posted on July 14, 2019 by admin
The Laburnum Arch

The many underwhelming gardens I have visited find themselves banished to the back corners of my mind. Some gardens, like Bodnant, refuse to go there yet irritate me so much that I have to write about them. Bodnant has two … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Aberconway, National Trust, Wales, Welsh Gardens

Aberglasney – The Best Garden in Wales

Posted on September 25, 2015 by admin
The Cloister Garden

In Britain, we set the bar very high. There are literally thousands of Jekyll-inspired borders and hundreds of Capability Brown-inspired English Landscape Gardens. In other countries any one of these would be considered a national treasure, but in Britain they … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Carmarthenshire, Cloister Garden, Ninfarium, South Wales, Wales

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