Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Bluebell Woods at Emmetts Garden in Kent There is always a frisson of excitement about a woodland floor, carpeted with a shimmer of bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) - areas of deeper or dappled shade intensifying the blue, brighter shafts of sunshine creating a lighter haze. Emmetts Gardens, a National Trust property close to Sevenoaks, sits a-top…
Continue reading ➞ Bluebell woods – and more – at Emmetts Garden in Kent
My first visit to Ightham Mote this afternoon and I am utterly charmed by the medieval, moated house set in a secluded, wooded cleft of the Kent Weald. There is a lot to appreciate and admire in this gentle landscape, aside from the main building dating back almost 650 years and I will return…
Continue reading ➞ Ightham Mote – a perfect house in a beautiful setting
The Teddington Gardener 