Visit Britain

Gardening for butterflies and moths; have you considered doing it in your garden? I’m surprised at how many butterflies and moths I’ve seen so far this year. This got me wondering what we all [...]

Sculpture by the Lakes is located near Dorchester in the beautiful county of Dorset. For several years I had been wanting to visit. Then the opportunity arose to go with Tintinhull Garden Club so [...]

Magnolias at Kew Gardens can be seen over several weeks every spring but lucky for me I struck lucky and for once timed my visit to perfection. I’d planned to visit the magnolias at Kew [...]

I just had to see the snowdrops at Elworthy Cottage. I’d intended to go before but somehow had always ended up visiting the bigger places. These had huge carpets of ‘ordinary’ [...]

Foggy Bottom Garden adjoins the Dell Garden at Bressingham Gardens- a garden that I’ve recently written about. Whilst the Dell Garden is a mecca for hardy herbaceous perennial plant enthusiasts, [...]

The Dell Garden at Bressingham Gardens is a mecca for hardy herbaceous perennial plant enthusiasts. The Dell Garden was created by Alan Bloom during the nineteen sixties and seventies and is as [...]

Oudolf Field at Hauser and Wirth update A visit Bruton was overdue as I needed to have an Oudolf Field at Hauser and Wirth update! I had intended to visit during late summer when more perennials [...]

Scottish Buddhist Monastery A Scottish Buddhist Monastery in Scotland? Yes, there really is! Having visited a few in Nepal and Sikkim I was skeptical when friends suggested a visit to the Samye [...]

Chelsea Physic Garden Snowdrop Days With time to spare before attending an event in the Palace of Westminster I made a long overdue visit to Chelsea Physic Garden. It’s right in the heart [...]

Chillingham Wild Cattle are fascinating rare wild things! I recently saw these in England. I’ve seen other wild cattle before but those were in more exotic places. The Chillingham Wild [...]