Spring visit to Great Dixter, the garden of the late, great Christopher Lloyd. The house and grounds were restored and extended by Edward Lutyens in the Arts and Crafts style at the beginning of the 20th century. The way the garden is managed today reflects this style in that every element of the garden has been the subject of precise and accomplished horticultural craft. Even the most utilitarian objects and structures, like the compost heaps or the winter straw protection for the banana’s in the Exotic Garden, are made with such sympathy for materials and form that they are things of beauty.
The landscape design notebook of Loretta Bosence
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I’ve been reading about Islamic ‘paradise’ gardens and the Chahar (four) Bagh (garden) today. The gardens of the Alhambra palace, in Granada, Spain are some of the best preserved examples in the world. Pictured above is the Court of the Myrtles.
“The great palace gardens of Granada are divided into small walled enclosures, for the private enjoyment of one man and his wives; the precious water is led down from a tiny source through court after court, in slender fountains and rivulets which sing of coolness - these immensely subtle and delicious gardens are paradises, oases in an arid land”
The Moroccan Ambassador, 1690
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The wonderful Harry Dodson and Peter Thoady in the classic Victorian Kitchen Garden series. Hypnotically boring/fascinating to watch, depending on your point of view. I personally LOVE it.
Theme: Linear by Peter Vidani
