A lovely start to this week: a visit to Stourhead, one of the National Trust estates. We arrived on a slightly misty, wet, and gloomy morning—the kind of weather that doesn’t just threaten rain, it makes promises of it. Forewarned by modern sorcery (my phone’s Weather App), we came armed with ancient technology to ensureContinue reading “Stourhead: Fairytale Landscape”
Category Archives: Garden Visits
Leaves and Lily Pads: Longstock Water Garden
Yesterday, I experienced a garden of endless calm. Not my own, but one of those open estate gardens you find dotted around the countryside. This particular one was Longstock Park Water Garden.https://leckfordestate.co.uk/longstock-park-water-garden We arrived about five minutes before opening time. It was a warm morning—like most this year—dry and a little hazy. The air heldContinue reading “Leaves and Lily Pads: Longstock Water Garden”
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