A Visit to Chenies Manor Garden – bursting with late summer colour
Chenies Manor Garden - crammed with late summer colour, dahlias, sculpture and personality.
Wild orchids at the Aston Clinton Ragpits
Wild orchids thrive in a chalk soil nature reservce called the Ragpits at Aston Clinton. I visited this week to see four types of orchid and huge Roman snails.
Yorkshire gardens
This week I visited two fabulous gardens in Yorkshire, bringing back ideas for my own garden and some lovely lavender plants. Helmsley Walled Garden and Yorkshire Lavender are a few miles apart, both an assault on the senses but in very different ways.
Alpine Garden Society Diary – Leonardslee’s Pulham Rock Garden
Article for Alpine Garden Society on Leonardslee Garden's magical Rock Garden, designed by James Pulham and Sons and made entirely from artificial rock.
Rivendell delights – a garden for all seasons
Rivendell Garden in Amersham - a beautiful garden in springtime, open as part of the National Gardens Scheme. Featuring daffodils, hellebores and carefully selected spring beauties the garden layers early season impact above the emerging beauties of summer.