NEWS
Landscape Institute Council Election
We are delighted that our Director Catherine Birkin has been elected to the advisory board of the Landscape Institute Council.
Team Visit Review
This Sussex Farm House has a private garden set within a wooded estate in East Sussex. The main part of the garden was designed by Jinny Blom in collaboration with the owners, who came up […]
Wild windy and wet with a dash of wisdom
Following the recent death of Riverford Organics legendary founder John Watson at the great age of 93, I thought it a good time to revisit this blog post I wrote about him in 2006: Most of my friends think we are barking mad – and I’m not sure about the less friendly, but it is true that camping in the almost guaranteed rain of our West Country is not everyone’s idea of a perfect holiday. However that is precisely what my husband and children like to do best…
Setting the scene – the garden in the landscape
In my first article on conserving a period garden I recommended beginning by researching the history and understanding the setting. This is key for a country garden as it will often have originally been planned to make the most of the setting, using the natural landform of the site when it was built.