Waddesdon Garden, England
Waddesdon Gardens, the Rothschild’s Legacy at Buckinghamshire Waddesdon Gardens, along with the Rothschild’s manor, viewed from the top of North Avenue and looking towards the 19th century country retreat, create an impressive scene. The scene must have looked equally impressive,
Stowe House and Garden, England
Stowe House and Garden Georgian and Regency periods in garden history are fascinating to me. I am charmed by England’s famous Stowe House and Garden, which includes 250 acres of gorgeous parklands. Stowe House, where construction was first begun in
Blenheim Palace Gardens, England
Blenheim Palace Gardens Of places visited on my self-guided tour of British gardens, a favourite for me was Bleinheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, and Blenheim Palace Gardens and surrounding parklands. As I left the visitor parking area and
Chastleton Garden, England
Chastleton Garden Chastleton Garden, like the Jacobean Chastleton House to which it belongs, has its own unique history, shaped by periods of growth and decline, conservation, and restoration. Chastleton Garden, besides being a lovely historic garden, is also uniquely credited
Snowshill Manor and Garden, England
Snowshill Manor and Garden Snowshill Manor and Garden, in the Cotswolds, is well known for extraordinary collectibles on display inside the Snowshill Manor. My visit was to the Snowshill Garden, and did not include visiting inside the buildings. During this
Hidcote Manor Garden, England
Hidcote Manor Garden Widely known as one of Britain’s most celebrated and significant gardens, Hidcote Manor Garden, England, in the Cotswolds, is a treasured property, and well worth visiting. Hidcote is situated in pastoral countryside near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. The
Stourhead Garden, England
Stourhead Garden The famous Stourhead Garden garden is one of Britain’s greatest and most cherished Georgian landscape gardens. Stourhead gardens were designed by the estate’s owner Henry Hoare II, and laid out between 1741 and 1780 in a classical, 18th-century
Aberglasney Heritage Garden
Of before-and-after home and garden restorations, the beautiful Welsh Aberglasney heritage garden and estate mansion in the Tywi Valley in Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, belongs on the list of impressive projects. The estate at Aberglasney is known to have been inhabited through
Dawyck Garden, Scotland
Wonderful Dawyck Botanic Garden and Arboretum – how fortunate we were to walk along its pathways crisscrossing 26 hectares (65 acres) in the Scottish Borderlands, in Stoho, south of Edinburgh. And how fortunate we all are that the former estate owners – the
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
On the day we visited the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) in June 2016, we were fortunate to find a nearby parking space and enter via the RBGE’s East Gate on Inverleith Row. It was an accidental starting point, but entering by one gate
