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Cragside, Northumberland
The more gardens I visit, the more I appreciate those which have been created with a huge dollop of personality. And probably few have as much personality behind them as the National Trust property, Cragside, just outside Rothbury in Northumberland. Once the home of Lord and Lady Armstrong, you can feel the passion for engineering (from…
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Bishops Palace Garden, Chichester
I don’t know how many visitors to Chichester Cathedral know about this oasis tucked away between the Cathedral and the ring road behind. I say that because we were asked twice by people during our visit whether ‘they’ were allowed to come in too. And that, of course, is part of the charm. The garden…
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We’re in The English Garden!
Or at least the very beautiful glossy magazine by that name. You can imagine how happy I was to flick through this month’s copy to find a mention of this website by Lia Leendertz. A wonderful surprise. In fact I was SO happy I did some serious squeaking – which isn’t so cool when you’re on…
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Grass Mounds, Taking Risks and Riots – Spa Fields, Exmouth Market
I’ve been to Exmouth Market several times, but never ventured down this uninviting passage to visit Spa Fields… I’d thought it was a perfect place to take a plate of street food from the market, but then I read a little about its history. Turns out that its well-known for the Spa Fields riots of…
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Chelsea Fringe – Cake in the Garden…
Well, I’ve come to the end of (almost) daily posts but haven’t come to the end of all the London gardens so I will be posting more on here. Slowly though. And will be collating them all under the London Garden tab on this website. It’s been yummy, a piece of cake, the cherry on my…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 16
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 16. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) Pop Up Garden by the Balcony Gardener, Squint This pop up garden by the Balcony Gardener has been a popular part of the Chelsea Fringe…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 15
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 15. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) BLOOMSBURY SQUARE OK, so this isn’t the prettiest London square, and when I sat there a lot of people seemed to be using it mostly…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 14
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 14. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) SALTERS’ COMPANY GARDEN, FORE STREET, EC4 It’s amazing to think this is the fourteenth garden in this series, and I wondered if I would find…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 13
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 13. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) Stone Flowers All the poems I’ve included so far have come from something in the garden. This one is a little different because it was…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 12
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 12. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) BONNINGTON SQUARE, VAUXHALL What do you get if you design a garden by committee? Well, if you are lucky you will end up with something…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 11
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 11. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) REDCROSS GARDEN, SOUTHWARK This is the garden that Octavia built… I love this garden, tucked away in Southwark, near Little Dorrit Street, and still fulfilling…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 10
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 10. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) THE POETRY POP UP GARDEN The brainchild of landscape designer, Marian Boswall, the Poetry Pop Up Garden is a welcome addition to the Chelsea Fringe.…