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Where can you… … clamber over a Charles Jencks land sculpture …go down an amethyst mine …see gigantic orchids …find out roughly how many kilometres it is to Jupiter …AND have an ice cream … even if you can’t swim … Continue reading →

A few days ago I visited a garden I’d known about for years, but because it’s only open two afternoons a year I’d never managed to visit.    I’d seen images of its ponds and cascades, its red Japanese-style bridges … Continue reading →

I’m sure many people might be be put off even opening an old  book with a long Latin name like Paradisi in sole Paradis terrestris – and indeed you might be put off reading this post any further because of that, although … Continue reading →

Any guesses as to where this little house was?  You might think somewhere quiet, leafy and rural but  even in 1755 when the painting was done I suspect  that wasn’t really true and there’d  have been more people around than … Continue reading →

I’ve just had the pleasure of lecturing at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh to the students doing a Diploma in Garden History. As part of my reward I was invited to go on a trip with them to Drummond … Continue reading →