Travel diary of gardens, nature reserves, walks, houses and historic places to escape to and explore in the UK, USA and Portugal. Includes travel photography, botanical stories and ideas for a family day out with kids.
I listened to Luce and Theo excitedly talk about covering our garden with snow angels when we woke up and saw that thick snow was finally falling outside. All I could think about was getting my camera gear and heading to the nearby Ashdown Forest. Which is what I did straight after dropping them off […]
Snow in Ashdown Forest – and a token of love? Read More »
In recent winter walks in Ashdown Forest the only blooms I really noticed were the yellow flowers of the common gorse. I found it near the treeline by the Goat car park (named after a pub called the Goat which once stood here…a favourite of smugglers). And the evergreen gorse shrubs added a palette of yellow
Kissing still in fashion in Ashdown Forest Read More »
There was rolling thunder and a flooded patio outside my door as I tried to get ready to meet some lovely bloggers at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey on Monday. My first meet up ever with other bloggers and I couldn’t even get out of the door! Then a dash with wellies, brollies and picnic
A tale of bloggers and kids at RHS Garden Wisley Read More »
I came across a meadow of wild flowers in Southampton Village last week, while my daughter was rehearsing for her ballet show nearby. And then I found out that in 1640 the first settlers of Southampton in Long Island had walked and planted on this same site. I was in Southampton’s ‘Old Town’. Daisies, coneflowers, lupines, clovers
Old Town and Wild Flowers Read More »
Imagine sand like a slow motion tsunami covering whole forests and wetlands. Instead of protecting land, dunes moving inland at about 3 1/2 feet a year. At places reaching 80 feet high. Welcome to The Walking Dunes in Hither Hills State Park in Montauk, NY. Northwest winds for over 100 years or more have been blowing sand from
When it rains in Savannah you can find cover under a majestic umbrella of live oaks and hanging moss. When it’s hot and humid – which is often because of the semi-tropical climate – they offer you a place to rest in shade. British General James Oglethorpe designed Savannah around four open squares when he founded
A dance with Live oaks in Savannah Read More »
