Creating a Desert Oasis in East Ruston | Garden Design

The Old Vicarage East Ruston. This garden was for a long time high on my wish list to visit. We toured gardens of East Anglia in August 2012 When Alan Gray and Graham Robeson first came to the old vicarage there was no garden whatsoever, it was a blank canvas. Every garden was designed entirely … Continue reading Creating a Desert Oasis in East Ruston | Garden Design

Drought Tolerant Gardens 2

RHS Hyde Hall. In 1955 when Dr and Mrs Robinson came to Hyde Hall in 1955 there were only six trees on the top of a windswept hill and no garden. They donated the 42-acre garden, Hyde Hall, to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993. We visited there in August 2012 during our garden tour … Continue reading Drought Tolerant Gardens 2

Drought Tolerant Gardens.

With the heat wave currently restricting me to the shade of my office and cooling fan, I thought it provided an ideal opportunity to write about drought-tolerant gardens. We spent a week in August 2012 visiting gardens in Essex and East Anglia, one of the driest areas of the UK. The first one we visited … Continue reading Drought Tolerant Gardens.