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Christopher Lloyd – Great Dixter .
“Anyone who was serious about plants would be admitted into the great conversation that is the English garden.” –Simon Jenkins (speaking about Christopher Lloyd) Christopher Lloyd I visited Christopher...
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English Clergy Gardeners
“There is no wind and no sun, only a sort of warm haze, and through it the mingled country sounds of a bee, a mowing machine, a mill and a sparrow. Peace! -Rupert Brooke English Clergy Gardeners On...
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Beverley Nichols, English Garden Writer
“A garden is a place for shaping a little world of your own according to your heart’s desire.” Beverley Nichols from Green Grows the City Beverley Nichols I don’t remember the exact date that Beverley...
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The English Rose -David Austin Roses
“Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown, Come in the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the rose is blown”...
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England’s National Trust: A Historical Thumbnail Sketch
Three names are forever linked with the creation of The National Trust, founded in 1895. Octavia Hill, housing reformer and champion of higher education for women, Canon Rawnsley, who was devoted to...
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Rosemary Verey -Barnsley House
Barnsley House The Gardens of Rosemary Verey Rosemary Verey, famous English gardener, is mentioned several times in my novel. I intended to pay tribute to her lasting influence as a garden designer...
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London Underground Art Posters
THANK YOU to the Google writers who contributed to my search for information about London’s Underground graphic posters, I was able to gather some facts about this endlessly, appealing, nostalgic,...
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A New Book About Rosemary Verey -Legendary Gardener
Rosemary Verey – The Life & Lessons of a Legendary Gardener Author – Barbara Paul Robinson One of the first posts I wrote when starting this blog was about Rosemary Verey, famous English gardener....
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Further Thoughts About the New Rosemary Verey Biography
“Simon Verity’s statues, plinth, and fountain add important dimensions to the developing gardens at Barnsley”-Barbara Paul Robinson I can’t imagine what turn my life might have taken if I, like...
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Welcome to Spring….almost
An Earlier Spring in The Sister’s Garden – Chapel Hill, NC I know I’m rushing things, but today, the first day of Spring, needs to be encouraged. I’ve been enjoying Beverly Nichols, English garden...
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