I am reading around the subject of Chinese garden history and am struck by the use of calligraphy in their gardens. Poetry, calligraphy, and landscape painting were interchangeable arts and found their expression…
Thank you Monty Don, for making me aware of this garden. Only a relatively short distance away from where I live in France, this extraordinary garden is really unlike any other. Made as…
I went to this garden at the end of August because I had been told it was a garden of grasses. But it is much more than that – it is the most…
Magical, iconic chateau spanning the river Cher The main purpose of going to Chenonceau was to see Diane de Poitiers garden. However, despite the house having a marvellous collection of original drawings, engravings…