I’d like to cast my mind back to a past visit in 2012 to Rousham Park and Garden. Such was the quality of the garden I was moved to write about it on my return home, and as the article turned out to be quite popular, I thought I’d update the article and post to my current blog – I hope you like the changes!
Last week an opportunity presented itself to visit one of those gardens that has sat on my must-see garden bucket list for a very long time. Historically speaking, it is an important garden for being planted many moons ago by none other than renowned planting designer Gertrude Jekyll. However, it’s not the garden alone that made this visit special but the location in which it was born. I shall explain…
This relatively compact walled garden accompanies a castle on the tidal island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Continue reading
During a sort through my gardening books recently, I couldn’t help but open up a few covers and thumb through a few pages, as you do…. Naturally, a few historic maps and illustrations caught my eye, including the Stanley Spencer image shown below. Whilst pouring over the image though, I couldn’t help but take in a few well chosen words on its opposing page – it would have been rude not to…
It is a book called Gardens of Continue reading
Have you ever visited a garden or place, expecting to see or do a particular thing, only to have an experience that takes you by complete surprise? Continue reading
Museums & Resilience Leadership programme
I was fortunate to have an opportunity recently to visit one of many venues on my bucket list; the Dutch Palace and Garden at Het Loo. It was an inspiring experience in so many ways, with time set aside to learn how the venue, as a museum, operates, along with time to simply experience Het Loo as a tourist.
I came away with many images and notes, such was the grandeur and content of the palace. My intention is that this article, its images and memories will act as a record of a fascinating visit and learning experience. Hopefully, it may also be of use to other readers too! Continue reading
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
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
I feel the time has come to move my personal blogging journey forwards, and so from this point on I’ll be re-directing effort from my established Gardening Ways account on blogger to this new WordPress blog.
Blogger has served me very well over the last few years, reaching nearly 60,000 page views through 158 posts – not bad for a part-time venture if I do say so myself.
I’m hoping that a new, time focused approach to posting will not only make posts swifter to produce, but will also make them quicker to consume for anyone who stops by. After all; time is precious for us all.
If you’ve an interest in heritage, horticulture, nature, art, design or architecture, and all those related things that spin off; then you might like to follow the blog, or one of my related sites like twitter or instagram.
Anyhow, before I waffle on too much I’ll sign off for now. Thank you for stopping by, and I hope to be back soon with tales of a gardening kind!
Regards,
Gary.
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