7 Historic Urban Parks and Gardens To Improve Your Wellbeing
Parks and green spaces are vital for our mental and physical health.
Category: Parks and Gardens
10 Spectacular Sites to Visit in Suffolk
Home to the most easterly point in England, Lowestoft Ness, the county of Suffolk is the first place in the country to see the sun rise each morning.
9 Stunning Country Houses You Need to Visit
Here are nine of our favourite country houses and gardens from around the country.
10 Hidden Creatures You Might Have Missed in London
London’s extraordinary sculpted creatures – great and small, historic and modern – are hiding in plain sight; easy to miss when the city is full of the bustle of human activity.
William Wordsworth and the History of the Daffodil
In honour of William Wordworth, we contemplate daffodils and their place in our culture.
7 Places to Celebrate the National Trust
The National Trust was founded on 12 January 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley.
Protected Parks and Gardens to Visit this Autumn
As the nights grow shorter and the leaves get crispier, here are some of the best parks and gardens to visit this Autumn.
A Brief Introduction to the Remarkable Gertrude Jekyll
Jekyll’s planting schemes and their harmonious colour palettes, and use of traditional crafts, remain the quintessential essence of English-style.
A Brief Introduction to Bandstands
In Victorian Britain public parks were developed to promote health and wellbeing, and bandstands became focal points for communal entertainment.
The Life and Landscapes of Humphry Repton
Humphry Repton, the last great landscape designer of the Georgian era, advised on some 400 schemes across a 27 yearContinue Reading