Category: Howick Hall
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Porcupines and Poetry at Penshurst Place, Kent
I always think of Penshurst Place as a true writers’ garden. This isn’t just because it was the home of one of the great 16th Century English poets, Sir Philip Sidney. or the muse for Ben Johnson’s poem, To Penshurst. But it is still attracting writers today. Dramatist and short story writer, Gaye Jee (who…
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A joyride in a paintbox – a walk round Winston Churchill’s Chartwell, Kent
Regular visitors here will know that there’s a form of time-travelling that can go on. Sometimes I’ll put up a post about a garden on the day I visit it, other times it will take months. This is because I really hope I can write something original for each garden I visit, and sometimes thoughts…