Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny – the most beautiful garden
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
by caroline
- Published in Gardens Visited
Dunsborough Park Gardens NGS open day with garden designer, Caroline Garland
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
by caroline
You may have read my recent blog about the wonderful gardens and statuary at Dunsborough Park which I visited at their recent NGS open day. Well I am adding to the blog because the entire collection of garden statuary is coming under the hammer at Christie’s South Kensington. The collection – several of the pieces
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Spot the busy bees at Chelsea Physic Garden
Thursday, 06 June 2013
by caroline
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, Gardens Visited
Look what you can do with Hawthorn!
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
by caroline
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, Gardens Designed, Gardens Visited
Houghton Hall Revisited… The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine the Great’s Hermitage
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
by caroline
Tickets For Houghton Revisited Friday 17 May – Sunday 29 September 2013 Wednesday – Sunday & bank holidays 11am – 6pm (last admission 5pm) To book: call 01603598640 or book online: www.houghtonrevisited.com This is a “day out in Norfolk” that you should not miss! In the house you will see Murillo, Poussin, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van
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Step back in time at Columbine Hall, Stowupland
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
by caroline
Columbine Hall is enchanting. “An ancient moated manor house of beauty standing straight out of the moat” and “Islanded by its moat in time as well as place, Columbine Hall’s garden conveys a strong sense of history as well as poetry” and “Surrounded by rich green meadows and old trees… a moated manor house… which
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A delightful afternoon with George Carter by garden designer: Caroline Garland
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
by caroline
George Carter’s heart belongs to the 17th centry garden and he emulates some of the austere architectural liines of that period in his fascinating garden in Norfolk: Silverstone Farm. “Surprise is one of the chief delights of a garden” he says and around every corner of his beautiful garden one is met with a folly,
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Bourton House, Glos walnut whips and lollipops photographed by Caroline Garland, garden designer
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
by caroline
Bourton House in Gloucestershire has its origins in the 16th century but is to all intents and purposes a fine 18th century Manor House. The garden has a tranquil atmosphere with a vibrant undercurrent of excitement. It has beautiful lawns, unusual terraces, a unique shade house and imaginative topiary which includes a parterre and knot
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‘My favourite bits of Chelsea’ by garden designer Caroline Garland!
Thursday, 23 May 2013
by caroline
This is a wonderful garden which works in terms of colour, beauty and practicality. The plants are feasible and as a garden designer this is what I want to see. Particular note has been taken to bring accord between the sculptural elements and the planting and this would work in any English country garden. It
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Fulham mews garden designed by Caroline Garland
Sunday, 19 May 2013
by caroline
I have just read a wonderful article by Tim Richardson in the May issue of the Society of Gardenr Designers’ Journal where he talks about ‘conspicuous design’ being a ‘matter of taste’. In a nutshell he is arguing for the natural and against the ‘over-design’ which takes place more and more in our English gardens.
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Knight Frank piece on Caroline Garland in Residents’ Journal. Battersea, Balham, Clapham, and Wandsworth
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
by caroline
- Published in PR
Kensington Palace Gardens in the Springtime
Monday, 13 May 2013
by caroline
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