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Learn Six Tips from Jenny Rose Carey about gardening for Winter Interest – With Inspiration from the Winter Garden at Wakehurst. Fragrant flowers – such as this Daphne – enhance the winter garden. Wakehurst – Kew’s Country Garden in Sussex, England There are winter and early spring …

Continue Reading about Notes from English Country Gardens – Part 5 – Winter Walk at Wakehurst

Colonial Williamsburg represents gardens and gardening in Virginia in the 18th Century. Colonial Williamsburg Duke of Gloucester Street is the main route through Colonial Williamsburg. It is lined by some old houses and others that are restorations. The first time I visited Colonial …

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Great Dixter in full flowery profusion. The inviting wooden gate welcomes you down the garden path though the meadow and to the front door of the house. Great Dixter is exactly the type of garden that springs to mind if you say the words, ‘English Garden’. It has that loose cottagey look …

Continue Reading about Notes From English Country Gardens – Part 4 –Great Dixter, Northiam, East Sussex

I am so excited to announce the publishing of my new book – The Essential Guide of Bulbs (Timber Press October 14th 2025). It was a joy to write and to take the photographs. I am happy to share a sneak peak here. The book is written for anyone who wants to grow bulbs – even if you have …

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Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire – view from the front garden. Kelmscott Manor, the home of William and Jane Morris. Kelmscott Manor – Home of William and Jane Morris Tucked down a little lane in a sleepy village lies a place of pilgrimage for lowers of the Arts and Crafts movement. The …

Continue Reading about Notes From English Country Gardens – Part 3 –Kelmscott Manor, Lechlade, Oxfordshire