I found myself stopping and staring. I wasn’t expecting to see so many colours in November when I went with my children this past weekend to visit the Millenium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place in West Sussex. Cyclamen splattered the ground with colour as we began walking down the path. And then I noticed that […]
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I want my children to grow up like my father brilliant at identifying trees. And no better time for them to start learning than when the leaves change colour and fall throughout Autumn. Whether walking in a park or deep in the woods, my aim is for them to see the difference between an English
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As September to November is mushroom season, I recently went mushroom hunting with my kids. But…and this is a big ‘but’…we didn’t pick, touch or eat any of them. I’m no expert in mushroom or fungi. I know that mushrooms are all fungi, but not all fungi are mushrooms. That’s about the extent of my
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Not often can you go on a walk and encounter an ancient oak tree and a giant redwood. But we did. Our magical tree tour started through an arch covered in roses. First we found huge rhododendrons curling and twisting through the dappled shade. And then around a path and through an arc of shrubs,
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We went for a walk in the woods. A late afternoon after school – just the kids and me. We were back in England and no longer in the Hamptons in the US of A. A pond marked the entrance to the woods. A lone Water Lily standing proud in the water’s reflections. The sunlight
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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
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