When we visited Thyme in Southdrop for a family celebration we were not surprised to learn that the garden had been designed by Bunny Guiness.
Courtyard garden at Thyme, Cotswolds
Loseley Park garden in Surrey
Loseley Park garden in Surrey is one of the lesser known gardens in the UK but is really worth a visit.
Charleston house and garden
Charleston farmhouse in East Sussex enjoys a central place in the cultural and artistic history of the twentieth century. It was the home of leading figures of what was known as the Bloomsbury Group.
Charles Rennie Macintosh in Northampton
78 Derngate, Northampton; a house whose interior was designed by none other than Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928).
Kiftsgate Court Gardens
In a digital age when it seems everything has to be booked in advance on line, there’s something refreshingly old fashioned about Kiftsgate Court Gardens, near Mickleton, Gloucestershire. When we called in advance to get tickets we were politely told,
water lillies at Hidcote
Why is it that water lilies fascinate us so much? Perhaps it’s because they are like people: they worship the sun. Perhaps it’s because they float serenely and effortlessly on ponds and lakes, giving those looking on a sense of
walking on flowers in Cambridge …
One thing we did enjoy though, were the flowers underfoot. Between Magdelene Street and Northampton Street there are – apparently – 600 brass flowers set into the pavement. There are four types of bronze flowers, each one representing designs of flowers on the buildings and railings of colleges around Cambridge.
Barters Books, Northumberland
All successful partnerships are based on finding a common interest. Mary Manley was a book lover. Her husband Stuart was a train enthusiast. Together they made a success of it by setting up a second-hand book shop in a former
Four inspiring Kentish gardens
Kent is known as the garden of England, so we thought we’d take a trip there to visit a few of them.
Oudolf field, Bruton, Somerset.
Dutchmen Piet Oudolf is a big name in contemporary gardening. He’s enjoyed high profile commissions such as the Olympic Park in London and Millennium Park in Chicago, to name but a few. Why then, can you visit one of his