Blooming Bodnant!

We started a week of garden visits, based in Chester, with a visit to Bodnant Gardens in north Wales. It had been quite a few years since we visited - a planned visit two years ago had to be cancelled as I spent the holiday in hospital in Chester!  - and we had previously only …

Gardens of the Italian Lakes

Gardens of the Italian Lakes by Steven Desmond with photographs by Marianne Majerus. The gardens of Lake Como and Lake Maggiore in the north of Italy are among the most dramatic and beautiful one could visit. With this new book to hand the visitor’s experience will be all the more enjoyable. Thanks to today’s transport …