Hever Castle – a midwinter’s tale
It’s surreal visiting a British castle that was once home to Anne Boleyn, Heny VIII’s second wife who lost her head, as well as William Waldorf Astor, […]
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Gardens
The Plant Hunters
I spied the book The Plant Hunters by Carolyn Fry on a visit to Wakehurst, the country estate of the world renowned Kew botanical gardens.
The Enchanted Forest – Groombridge Place
What stories and images come to your mind when you think of an enchanted forest? Let me take you on the fairy tale adventure of
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Collecting Autumn Leaf Colours
The flowers are fading but the colours of autumn are blooming right now. I gave my kids a simple task when we headed off for
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17th Century whispers in Groombridge Place Gardens
One evening during the carnival in Venice I stepped around a corner in a quiet lane and passed a couple in seventeenth century dress. It
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Derek Jarman’s Garden
There are some who don’t like Dungeness because this headland in Kent resembles a post-apocalyptic wasteland. There are those who are bewitched by the unusual
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