Wrong side of the bed!

Japanese Garden - Butchart Gardens.Victoria, B.C.

According to the tourist's guide, this is a non-traditional Japanese garden and it was started in 1906 by Mrs. Butchart with the expert assistance of Japanese landscaper, Isaburo Kishida.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/virgomerry/sets/458295/

Plant World Gardens - Devon

One of the floral delights of Devon, Plant World Gardens are laid out to represent each of the five continents of the world. Inspirational gardens from around the world contain countless rare and exotic plants seldom seen outside their native lands. A large mature cottage garden and mediterranean garden completes the collection.

Established in 1985, Plant World is the culmination of plantsman Ray Brown's lifelong ambition and has been featured on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. The magnificent views over the Teign Valley, from Dartmoor to the sea, provide the incredible backdrop to what will surely be a memorable visit.

http://www.plant-world-seeds.com/site/gardens

Girl with Kitten - Arthur Claude Strachan

Benthall Hall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benthall_Hall

Gardenesque

The term gardenesque was introduced by John Claudius Loudon to describe a style of planting design in accordance with his Principle of Recognition. He was worried that picturesque planting could be mistaken for natural growth and argued that for a planting design to be recognizable as a work of art only exotic plants should be used. Later in his career Loudon accepted several other ways of making planting recognizable as art (1) by removing surrounding plants so that a perfect form of the plant was grown (2) by 'high keeping' (intensive maintenance) in a garden (3) by planting in geometrical beds.

http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/garden_landscape_design_articles/historic_design_styles/picturesque_gardenesque_garden_design_style

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_gardening

Chatsworth House

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15288088@N03/1677335551/

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http://www.chatsworth.org/whattodo/garden.htm

Basket beds

This is a painting of Thomas Fish's ornate cottage at Sidmouth. notice the beds are surrounded by painted wicker work. On his tours in the 1830's - 40's, Jiohn Loudon noted a number of gardens using this style. It is believed that it wasHumphrey Repton who first came up with the idea, for the Prince Regent's Pavilion at Brighton. In Germany they were also well known and called Hardenberg's baskets.Interesting way to frame a flower bed.

Central Park, NY (1863)

Engraving by John Bachmann.

http://www.centralparkhistory.com/

** Update 31/07/08 **

The park designer, Frederick Law Olmsted (with the help of the British Calvert Vaux) is quite rightly given the credit for development of the Park. But what is not often mentioned is that they drew inspiration for the design by visiting the gardens at Birkenhead designed by Joseph Paxton. They directly followed the design with features like the outer carriage drive, separate pedestrian walks (Paxton was one of the first to separate traffic in public parks), open and enclosed spaces, water and architectural ornament. Olmstead said of his visit to Birkenhead, " ... in democratic America there is nothing to be thought of as comparable with this People's garden. Indeed, gardening here reached a perfection that I had never dreamed of."

--- Olmstead ---

http://www.centralpark.com/pages/history/frederick-law-olmsted.html

--- Birkenhead Park ---

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkenhead_Park

Victorian Greenhouses and Conservatories

Please note I am posting on my research into Victorian greenhouses and Conservatories on my Houseplant blog:

http://blogginghouseplants.blogspot.com/2008/07/old-and-new-ideas.html

Garden staff regulations - Chatsworth

In the 1820's when the great Joseph Paxton was transforming the gardens and woods at Chatsworth, strict working rules were laid down (and probably much the same elsewhere). They seem incredible now.

There was to be prompt attendance, good order and sobriety. Contraventions could mean instant dismissal.

Normal working hours were 6am till 6pm during the Summer with half an hour for breakfast and an hour for lunch. These were varied in the Winter according to the weather. On a Sunday, work started at 8am till 4:30pm from Nov to Mar, and from 7am till 5:30pm for the rest of the year.

A Sixpence fine was due for arriving later than 10 mins after the Lodge Bell sounded, 2 shillings for being absent without leave (applied even on Christmas Day), and sixpence was the charge for men found to be wasting time, not looking after their tools properly or breaking a pane of glass through carelessness.

Gathering fruit, flowers or plants without permission was considered a serious offence with a fine of 5 shillings for the first offence, and dismissal if it reoccurred,

Cotehele - Cornwall

http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/national-trust/cotehele.htm

A few photographs

[Abutilon]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2006/02/04/ghowto04.xml

[Celosia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celosia

[Grape Vine]

http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/howto/fruit/grapevine/index.html

Gardens Illustrated podcasts

http://www.gardensillustrated.com/podcast.asp

Cottage Garden - Myles Birket Foster

July by Charles Earle

It became fashionable from the 1870's to cover houses with climbing plants, often Ivy, though Clematis, Virginia Creeper and here Wisteria were very popular.

Hidden gardens of southern France

Languedoc has a new network of fascinating gardens, writes Louisa Jones

Daily Telegraph

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/07/25/garden-france125.xml

Old Nebraska postcards

for sale here:

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/postcards-descriptions/NB-Postcards.html

Kensington Roof Garden

London's oldest and best roof garden, still known to many as 'Derry and Toms Roof Garden', recalling the name of the department store which commissioned the garden. The garden covers 1.5 acres and are 100ft above street level. It has ponds, bridges, walks, trees, shrubs and sitting areas, with a pronounced Arts and Crafts character. There is an English Woodland Garden with nearly 100 species of tree, Spanish Garden with fountains and Walled Tudor Garden. The Roof Garden has been owned by Sir Richard Branson since 1981.

http://www.roofgardens.com/introduction/history/

http://www.storyoflondon.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=454

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Roof_Gardens

Picking Flowers - Charles Edward Wilson

Rosa gallica versicolour (mundi)

A striking and very old rose, the semi-double blooms being large with splashes of pink and white on a crimson background. Bushy. Said to be named after Fair Rosamund, mistress of Henry II. 12th century.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/3426.shtml

Jean Vernon's blog - Tatton Park Flower Show

[Cosmos x dahlia 'Mexican Black' ]

http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/jeanvernon_tatton/archive/2008/07/23/weird-and-wonderful.aspx

--- Flower Show ---

http://www.rhs.org.uk/tatton/2008/index.asp

Bracken Hill Garden, Bristol - under threat

I can't find an update on this important garden post June this year, so if anyone knows of any change please let me know.

http://www.brackenhillgarden.org/

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora

http://www.oldhousegardens.com/bulb.asp?Cat=SP

Ninfarium - Aberglasney House and Gardens in Wales

In 2005 a unique garden was created within the ruinous central rooms and courtyard of the mansion. The remaining walls of the rooms were stabilized and the entire area was covered with a huge glass atrium. This area now contains a wonderful collection of warm temperate and sub-tropical plants including Orchids, Palms, Magnolias and Cycads.
The name Ninfarium was derived from the amazing gardens at Ninfa, which are situated south of Rome. The garden at Ninfa has been imaginatively planted within the ruins of a medieval village.

http://www.aberglasney.org/index.php?page=ninfarium

Gardening: Stepping stones lead the way

Low-maintenance and unobtrusive, stepping stones lead the way through both grass and gravel, writes John Cushnie

Daily Telegraph

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/07/18/garden-stepping-stones118.xml

Upton House

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-uptonhouse/

Picking Flowers - Arthur Hopkins

Picking Clematis.

Arthur Hopkins (1848 - 1930) was the brother of the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Antique water pump

19th Century Village Water Pump
Cast iron pump, 80" Tall.

http://www.english-garden-antiques.co.uk/waterfeatures/village-water-pump.html

Village Cross - Samuel Towers

Village Cross, Ashton-under-Hill, near Evesham

Outside a Cottage - Thomas Nicholson Tyndale

Follies of Europe

photos by Nic Barlow and text by Caroline Holmes and Tim Knox.
Now available from Garden Art Press.

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http://folliesofeurope.com/orders.html

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http://www.follies.org.uk/

Aberglasney House and Gardens - Wales

http://www.aberglasney.org/index.php

A Cottage Garden - Lilian Stannard

Garden Societies

picture:
http://www.thealpinegarden.com/czech2NS.htm

--- six of the best UK Garden Societies ---
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/07/11/garden-plant-societies111.xml

Rumwood Court, langley, Maidstone - Helen Allingham

http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/art/140128/Rumwood_Court_Langley_near_Maidstone

Snowshill Manor

The beautiful formal pond with its vista towards the Nychthemeron (designed by Charles Wade).

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-snowshillmanor/

Victorian garden auricula theatre

now sold but originally for sale

http://www.lostworldantiques.com/sundry.html

Seed guardians

[images from the great blog: http://greenforks.com/]

of french-bean-climbing-polish-purple-stringless

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Seed Guardians agree to raise seed of a chosen variety or varieties. Some vegetables are more difficult to save seed from and it will be necessary to isolate them to ensure they remain pure and true to type. Guardians process and clean this seed and return it to the Heritage Seed Library for us to send out to other members through the catalogue.

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl/guardians.php

East Ruston Old Vicarage

[Exotic Garden]

http://www.e-ruston-oldvicaragegardens.co.uk/index.php

The Garden in July

[https://auth.gardenweb.com/members/a2zmom]

--- Victorian Kitchen Garden: JULY ---

--- Essential tasks for July ---

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/today_in_your_garden/jobs_july.shtml

Gothenburg's Garden Festival

Gothenburg's glorious Garden Festival showcases the best of modern, naturalistic planting styles. Stephen Lacey is impressed

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/07/11/garden-gothenburg111.xml

(includes picture gallery with some very good ideas)

A few Hostas

[Hosta Tatoo]
http://www.mailorderplants4me.com/products/619
[Fragrant Blue]
http://www.hostaplants.co.uk/
[can't read the label on this pretty cream variety]

Heale House and Garden

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/wealie/260235544/]

http://www.healegarden.co.uk/



[Red Bridge is a copy of the Nikko Bridge]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/naomi_rockcake/1550841451/

Phoenix

Oh, majestic bird
With broad jewel wings
Soar sweet bird, enigma

Born of heaven gift to man
Soar high skimming treetops
Shadow the evening red-orange sun

Fly jeweled bird flashing sparkling
Violet-green against the blue sky
Fly free, free just a little while
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http://www.beloveddreamer.com/2008/05/phoenix.html

Tasmanian Tree Ferns

Whitehall Garden Centre display, Lacock
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http://www.mulu.co.uk/plant_info.php?id=372




'Hot Spot' display - mainly Canna's

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' - Japanese Rush

A really attractive accent plant that needs marshy / boggy conditions in full sun to grow best. It may suffer in really hard winters.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/14.shtml

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http://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductID=15316

http://www.jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/plantcard/AcorusGramineusOgon/608.aspx

Famous old gardens

[The Dairy Garden, Easton Lodge]


http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallery/album374

Daily Mail Pavilion - Hampton Court Show 2008

http://www.rhs.org.uk/HamptonCourt/2008/daily-mail-pavilion.asp

http://scattymare.blogspot.com/2008/07/hampton-court-palace-flower-show-daily.html

Winchester GrowersVillage Post Office, Garage & Market Garden
http://www.rhs.org.uk/hamptoncourt/2007/exhibitors/showgardens/winchestergrowers.asp

Monty Don - interview (Daily Mail)

[picture taken at Sissinghurst]

My favourite modern gardener. Having had a Stroke myself I was glad to read he is recovering but being sensible.

'Hold me darling, I think I'm dying': Monty Don speaks for the first time of the stroke that changed his life
By Helen Weathers - Daily Mail
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1034473/I-think-Im-dying-Monty-Don-speaks-time-stroke-changed-life.html

W G Grace & Son - traditional greenhouses

based in Exeter

http://www.wggrace.co.uk/

The Gardens of Monticello

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124324682@N01/247714/]

The former home of the American President Thomas Jefferson.

http://www.monticello.org/index.html

Bronze Mermaid table

http://www.thebronzecollection.com/

Fuschia Bushes

At the lovely Victorian Hilbury Court Hotel in Trowbridge

http://www.hilburycourthotel.co.uk/

Aqualens - Sphere Fountain

http://allisonarmour.us/aqualens/

Sundials

A new sundial at Treloars College, Hampshire in memory of two pupils. Two declination curves mark their birthdays. The dial is carved in Portland stone, painted and gilded with gold and platinum leaf. The gnomon is of stainless steel with a gold-plated sphere 'nodus'. The dial was made by Harriet James in 2003.

http://www.sundials.co.uk/newdials.htm

Hampton Court |Flower Show 2008

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show: A thoroughly seasonal and relaxed affair

Daily Telegraph

Matthew Wilson

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/07/04/garden-hampton-court104.xml
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--- Claudia de Yong at Hampton Court ---

http://www.recklessgardener.co.uk/rhs-hampton-court-2008/claudia-de-yong-diary-hampton-court.html

Cutting Hedge Art

Glenn Tabor's extraordinary topiary art

Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1033485/After-privet-shaped-like-canoe-heres-cutting-hedge-art.html

Making a Mark blog

[View of the garden at Hidcote Manor]
copyright Katherine Tyrrell

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Katherine Tyrrell's blogging portfolio about: - Making marks with pastels, pencils and pen and ink - Creating new drawings and paintings

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Arts and Crafts Gardens #1

http://makingamark.blogspot.com/2007/08/gardens-in-art-arts-and-crafts-gardens.html

Black basin rill

This rill ending in a black stone bubbling fountain works really well.

Wollerton Old Hall Garden

[http://flickr.com/photos/46182976@N00/1580819769]

http://www.wollertonoldhallgarden.com/tour.html

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show: Water gardens

['The Burgbad Sanctuary' by Amphibium Designs]

http://www.theburgbadsanctuary.com/The_Burgbad_Sanctuary/Burgbad_Sanctuary.html

Joanna Fortnam dips a toe into the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show's liquid assets

Daily Telegraph

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/07/04/garden-hampton-water104.xml

Pot plants

This is a great example from Hidcote. I've long advocated using plants (especially exotic and tender species) in attractive containers to extend the range of a garden.

Lucy Smith garden sculptures

One of our, in my opinion, most innovative garden sculptors

http://www.lucysmith.org.uk/

Stoneballs Company

http://www.stoneballs.co.uk/

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show: The latest trends and very best new arrivals

Val Bourne identifies the latest trends and the very best new arrivals

Daily Telegraph

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/07/04/garden-hampton-first104.xml

Tiny child in Edwardian back garden

I've featured this wonderful photostream before, but couldn't resist this great photograph.

http://flickr.com/photos/lovedaylemon/sets/72157603836601048/

Mrs Winthrop's Garden - Hidcote

named in honour of Lawrence Johnston's mother

planted with blues and yellow's.

Andrew Crace - English Garden Furniture

http://www.andrewcrace.com/

Parham House and Gardens - Sussex

http://www.parhaminsussex.co.uk/?contentId=35

Hidcote in Winter

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-hidcotemanorgarden.htm

--- updated - the same scene in Summer ---

Rills

[Moorish Rill]

A rill is a narrow, shallow canal. It's also a formal stream. Their crisp lines make them an ideal water feature for a contemporary garden. A rill water feature can give a flavour of Moorish style.
Because they are shallow, you need to keep their lines sharp. Using concrete as a base for a butyl liner will keep the liner fold-free. You may want your rill to be a still sheet of water or to feed a larger pool or water feature. For flowing water, you will need to create a gradient over the length of the rill.

http://www.davidharbersundials.co.uk/water/rill.htm

Stream - Shute House, Devon

Designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe - note the clever use of the pebbles set into the base of the stream and the simple but effective bridge.

http://www.gardens-guide.com/gardenpages/_0311.htm

Slate Pond - Isabelle Green

Bishopstrow House, Warminster, Wiltshire

Taken yesterday on a visit. The day before had been glorious, 24C+ here in the UK but of course as soon as I visit somewhere the weather goes weird. It rained whilst I took these and then later went very sunny.

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Bishopstrow House is now a great Hotel on the outskirts of Warminster. It has a number of interesting garden features. The tunnel under the road, the walled garden and the 18th Century temple (rebuilt a few years ago).

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http://www.bishopstrow.co.uk/default.asp?Page=gardens

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It is obvious looking at the trees and the structure of the garden they were once glorious. I guess the hotel owners can't afford the gardeners as it is now maintained on a rather minimal basis with a small herb garden and a larger vegetable patch. The last picture above shows what I guess was the original vinery, now more or less derelict. What a shame, but maintaining a large garden is expensive now.

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Just as I got back to my car (lucky for me) the heaven's opened. But later, as you can see by the lovely sun-caught Canna's, the Sun shone strongly later. A new feature in the gardens is outdoor art. Across the road is a Sculpture Garden and I presume it comes from there. Anyway I had a good walk, a good meeting and fine coffee - so a good day.

Fossil waterfall

I can't trace where I found this picture, so apologies if I can't credit it properly, but whoever designed / built it deserves a real award. Wonderful design.

Marzia Colonna

http://www.jerwoodfoundation.org/?lid=2102

Denmans, Fontwell, West Sussex

http://www.denmans-garden.co.uk/

designed by John Brookes

Gardening: The charm of striped roses

[Variegata di Bologna]

http://www.rdrop.com/~paul/bourbons/bologna.html

Elspeth Thompson on roses that satisfy the desire for more blooms
Daily Telegraph
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/06/30/garden-roses130.xml

Water Cascade - Buscot Park

Buscot Park, Farringdon, Oxford

http://www.buscot-park.com/

The cascade was designed by Harold Peto (1828-97). Note the symmetrical placing of the water lilies (in baskets) and the simple background of green hedging.

Garden trusts are on the up and up (article)

[Queen Eleanor's Garden in Winchester]

Garden trusts, English Heritage for the local landscape, are thriving, says Anna Tyzack

Daily Telegraph

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml?xml=/gardening/2008/06/27/garden-trusts127.xml

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--- Dorset Gardens Trust ---

http://www.dorsetgardenstrust.co.uk/

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http://www.dorsetgardenstrust.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=43

Sensitive fern - Onoclea sensibilis

I've always really liked this fern. It grows best in a shaded or partially shaded area in a moist soil. The plant will tolerate wet soils and so can be used near water. Winter survival will be enhanced if the dried fronds are left on the plant through the winter. Sensitive ferns spread to form colonies and are often the first species to inhabit disturbed areas. They can become weedy if not sited properly. In shade it can tolerate dryer conditions, but if grown in full sun it practically needs to be soggy ground or the very edge of water.

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Onoclea+sensibilis

http://www.cottage-gardens.net/showdetails.asp?id=314

Zantedeschia 'Picasso'

Well known as a cut flower but can make a beautiful addition to the garden. Best growing with its feet wet next to a pond but it can grow in a border or pot if kept well watered and out of strong winds and rain. It comes originally from South Africa.

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http://www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com/summer/productview/index.php?sku=101-26