Three years ago almost to the day I wrote this blog post about discovering the existence…
Garden history
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Heligan, a garden established in the mid-18th to the 19th centuries by the Cornish Tremayne family…
Marrakesh (Part Three): Islamic tiled courtyards at Bahia Palace
The second oldest garden we visited was by far the most visually arresting of designs. It is immaculate…
Marrakesh (Part Two): blown away by ancient Islamic garden design at the El Badi Palace
I’ve wanted to visit Marrakesh for about ten years, drawn by its bright colours. What I hadn’t…
Landscape design at Stowe Garden in Buckinghamshire
Back in November Chris and I had the opportunity to spend a sunny Autumn afternoon at Stowe…
Modernist garden design at The Homewood
After learning of The Homewood while studying garden design history with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,…
Rousham: getting to the heart of landscape garden design
As I arrived at Rousham, the single other visitor was leaving and I had the entire place to…