A Visit to the Gardens at Castle Drogo, near Drewsteignton, Devon, England
Karen Castle Drogo was a considerable trek from our base but the prospect of seeing the creative efforts of Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll were enough to spur us on. The…
A Visit to Edzell Castle, Scotland
The garden at Edzell Castle was planted in the 1930 but reflects the Renaissance ideas of its earlier owner and designer, David Lindsay, and offers some remarkable features. The original…
A Visit to the Los Angeles Flower Market (January 13, 2010)
One of the high lights of my visits to Los Angeles is the L. A. Flower Market. It is large, full of flowers, and open to the public as well…
A Visit to Hever Castle, Kent, England
The romance between Henry XVIII and Anne Boleyn is always interesting and a visit to Hever Castle heightens the story and makes it more real. The castle is actually a…
A Visit to Villa D’Este, Tivoli, Italy
If you take a trip to Rome you should seriously consider going to Tivoli to see the spectacular Villa D’Este. This is a garden that will knock your socks off…
A Visit to Packwood Garden, Lapworth, Solihull, Warwickshire, England
The gardens of this Tudor manor house are a real treat for a gardener. The timber-framed farmhouse built in the mid 16th century is interesting, but the gardens that accompany…
A Visit to Athelhampton Garden, Puddletown (near Dorchester), England
Twenty acres of formal gardens enhance the 15the century manor house of Athelhampton, owned and operated by the Cooke family. The formal gardens, inspired by Renaissance models, were designed by…
A Visit to the Boboli Gardens (Giardini Bobolo) Florence, Italy
If you visit the Boboli gardens with the idea of seeing vast beds of flowers you are going to be disappointed; there are very few. If, on the other hand,…
A Visit to Parco dei Mostri, Bomarzo, Italy
Whether you like gardens or monsters you will be captivated by parco dei mostri where huge stone creatures loom ominously as though they are ready to make you into mincemeat.…
The Retreat, Nassau, Bahamas
The Retreat, located on Village Road in Nassau, is one of three gardens in the area and features rare and exotic species of palms, cycads, native hardwoods, and flowering trees…