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I hope you didn’t hear Radio 4 last Monday morning at 9. If you did you can stop reading now…or maybe you were as absorbed as I was and want to find out even more about Rafflesia.  “Start The Week”| … Continue reading →

Benington Lordship wears its long history with a welcoming smile.  Lived in by the same family for well over a hundred years it has actually been inhabited since Saxon times.  It still boasts the remains of a mediaeval castle  as … Continue reading →

I’ve discovered I’m a snob. Not so much about people but about plants.  I suppose I’d always known that I had that tendency but my trip last week to the Orchid Festival at Kew bought it home in no uncertain … Continue reading →

The Gardens Trust is working towards  publishing a book on Unforgettable Gardens and together with a few colleagues I’ve recently spent ages trying to decide which ones to include and why.  Our debates reminded me of a similar dilemma which … Continue reading →

This could be  a fairy tale story. A dashing young American millionaire buys a Moorish castle in a breathtaking position, from an ancient aristocratic Spanish family promising to restore it. Imagine the excitement when he announces he has found hidden … Continue reading →