Tortured Trees – Planted and Forgotten…
It is a beautiful, strong and solid beech tree, and is situated on a gradual slope that forms part of an historic, designed landscape that has seen varying degrees of management, by generations of land owners and estate workers. Continue reading
Historic Landscape & Gardens
Capability Brown Skills Sharing Session at Wrest Park.
I’ve just returned from a fascinating and surprisingly emotional day at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, which was the host venue for the last of several Skill Sharing Sessions arranged by the Capability Brown Festival team.

The sessions as always were delivered by and to a selection of people who’ve been associated with the festival at least through 2016, some even from the initial idea gathering meeting at Ampthill Park some four years ago. Continue reading