Tag Archives: English Heritage

Bolsover: a Mannerist Masterpiece

Posted on 20/01/2018 by The Gardens Trust

If you’ve ever driven on the M1 between Nottingham and Sheffield you can’t have missed the large castle perched high on a steep promontory overlooking and commanding the wide valley below. This is Bolsover Castle, visible for miles around, and … Continue reading →

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Christmas in the Park…

Posted on 23/12/2017 by The Gardens Trust

I had planned to do another of my slightly off-beat approaches to a Christmas post – and was looking at Shirley Hibberd’s monograph on Ivy for inspiration – when into my inbox came a post from a fascinating botanical blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blenheim, chiswick, conservation, English Heritage, kew, Leicester Square, National Trust, public parks, Saltram, tourism, Waddesdon | 1 Comment

Belsay: “A self-contained Eden”

Posted on 25/11/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Belsay is an extraordinary match made in heaven, or rather in the green rolling hills of Northumberland. The estate is most famous for its stunning but stark Grecian revival mansion finished just 200 years ago in 1817, but tucked away … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged English Heritage, ferme ornee, grecian revival, john dobson, quarry garden, rhododendrons, william hooker | Leave a comment

The Beasts of Bexley…

Posted on 26/10/2014 by The Gardens Trust

Would you expect to find a large red dragon in a garden in Bexley? Or a griffin lurking behind a hedge at a castle near Cardiff? To say nothing of a dolphin on a staircase in Kensington or an English leopard in a French camping site? … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged English Heritage, Hampton Court, Henry VIII, Kenilworth Castle, Topiary, Tudor, whitehall | 2 Comments

Eternal Wrest…

Posted on 18/10/2014 by The Gardens Trust

Wrest Park is a rarity. I’ve heard comments that the house looks a bit like a mundane French provincial station but, if so, it is a Grade 1 listed French provincial railway station, and mundane on the outside only. Inside … Continue reading →