The International Garden Festival at Chaumont always provides food for thought. The theme this year was ‘Gardens for the Century to Come’ which I thought was interpreted with more received wisdom than imagination and more negativity than optimism – but perhaps that’s understandable. Rising sea levels, global warming, growing food crops in a limited space…
I’ve been to Barcelona many times. Each time I see another Gaudi building and each time I go back to Guell Park. This was never intended to be a garden per se but the landscaped setting for a development of luxury houses, inspired by the English Garden City movement. The plan was conceived and funded…
I had wanted to see the gardens of Japan for many years. I was lent some books on the subject, and made lists of the gardens I wanted to visit. The photographs were so exquisite. I realise now that these photographs were mainly details, rather than generalised views. Having now been to Japan, I believe…
