Tag: English Gardens
Great Dixter, Part 4 (the Final Chapter)
This will be my last post on Great Dixter. As I’ve already said, it was our favorite English garden. We liked it so much, in fact, that I felt compelled, almost against my will, to enjoy some of the topiary. But only because it was so very silly. This was in the Peacock Garden. It’s …
Our Favorite English Garden in September, Part 3 (Or, Anarchy in the UK)
After swooning over the Long Border, the next area we walked through was the Orchard Garden and the High Garden. I’m treating them as a single unit for two reasons. First, I’m not completely sure which pictures were taken in which garden. And second, to me both gardens had the same sense of joyful anarchy. …
RHS Wisley, Part 2
Here are some more pictures from RHS Wisley. I have to confess I had trouble remembering which pictures were from which part of the garden. I even printed out a map and tried to trace our route, but still ended up a little confused. I do remember that this is from Battleston Hill. At the …
London’s Kensington Garden Flower Walk
Back to our September trip. So Judy and I took a train from the Loire to Paris, and then another from Paris to London, passing under the English Channel. For people in that part of the world this is not a big deal but it made us feel so very sophisticated. One of the first …
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