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The whole world is a garden?…. by Charles Hawes 16 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
We appeared (Charles and me) in an exhibition at the National Botanic Garden of Wales (shut up, you at the back there…) and so went to the launch. At the launch we also saw an exhibition of (some rath...
Conspicuous Design by Tim Richardson 7 Aug 2013 | 08:04 am
I am very grateful for the generosity of Tim Richardson and the editor, Sarah Giles, of the Garden Design Journal for permitting me to use this piece, which I think raises an issue, as Tim says, of sp...
Will they get it? A review of the Native Plant Garden at NYBG by Susan Cohan 30 Jul 2013 | 05:23 pm
This is an interesting review of a garden – and, as all good reviews do – it raises an interesting question. You don’t need a postcard to let us know what your answer is….. but you do need to view the...
Buttercups are very low down in the scheme of things: a review of William Edmond’s Weeds, Weeding (& Darwin) by Barbara Abbs 18 Jul 2013 | 04:04 pm
I think this really must be the thinkingardener’s weed book. Reviewed by Barbara Abbs. Anne Wareham, editor Buttercup Weeds, Weeding (& Darwin) by William Edmonds Barbara Abbs: Like all hands-on g...
They fell asleep.. a review of Kiftsgate by Anne Wareham 11 Jul 2013 | 07:00 am
I didn’t intend to write a review. I was just having a good day off and taking some photographs for Tristan’s piece. But it didn’t turn out like that: I found I hated the probability that all the mass...
Death careering round the trees – a review of Hidcote by Tristan Gregory 3 Jul 2013 | 06:15 am
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” - Paul Joseph Goebbels I come to bury Hidcote, not to praise it? … Photographs taken by the editor a...
Just a gardener – Just? by Stephen Hackett 28 Jun 2013 | 04:37 pm
We’ve had a lot of responses to Nick Turrell’s piece, ‘Would you be a Gardener?‘. Including what amounts to a whole new article, which I am publishing below. Keep up the comment – but more, perhaps, l...
Would you be a gardener? by Nick Turrell 26 Jun 2013 | 12:19 pm
I hate the image of gardeners that we are routinely presented with in the media. We are all middle aged, cheerful and smiley. If you are a woman you are inevitably as ‘lovely’ as your garden and had ...
A little self promotion.. 21 Jun 2013 | 12:30 am
I hope you’ll excuse this, but I wanted to remind everyone who may be interested that the garden at Veddw is open now. (and it may not be as far away as you think….it’s not deepest Wales…) And – to te...
The Road To Le Tholonet by Monty Don, reviewed by Alison Levey 14 Jun 2013 | 10:51 am
After the series the book, of course. Here’s Alison Levey’s reflections on Monty Don’s latest, connected in some way to his French Gardens programme. Anne Wareham, editor Alison Levey: When asked if ...
