by Annabel Bridge | Jul 5, 2018 | Garden Inspiration
Do you dream of attracting butterflies and songbirds to your garden? You do? Would you like a non-stop display of flowers from spring to autumn? You would? Well, have I got the answer for you! Planting a meadow, small or large, in your garden will be good for the...
by Annabel Bridge | Jun 8, 2018 | Garden Inspiration
The news that Sarah Price, a gold medal winner at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, began her career as an artist started me thinking about all the ways in which art, artists and gardens are intertwined. We all know about Monet and the gardens and Giverny that inspired...
by Annabel Bridge | May 26, 2018 | flowers, Garden Inspiration
Do you like to tulips? Not that bothered? Ah, but do you like colour? If colour – rich, vibrant colour and lots of it – is your thing, then Keukenhof gardens near Amsterdam should be on your bucket list. I was lucky enough to visit Keukenhof a couple of weekends ago....
by Annabel Bridge | Apr 18, 2018 | Garden Inspiration, Gardens
Sculpture gardens, or parks, have a long history around the world and date back, incredibly, to 175,000 years ago – a “Neanderthal garden” was unearthed in the Bruniquel Cave in France, where broken stalagmites had been arranged in a series of stacked or ring-like...
by Annabel Bridge | Mar 28, 2018 | Garden Inspiration
It’s spring, or nearly. Or maybe not at all. At this time of year each day, sometimes each hour, brings different weather. Yesterday I walked round my garden and in half an hour had crisp blue skies, sunshine so warm I took my jacket off, freezing winds, lowering...
by Annabel Bridge | Aug 2, 2017 | Garden Inspiration, Gardens
‘How many kinds of sweet flowers grow in an English Country Garden?’ – this opening line to a song, a hit by Jimmie Rodgers many years ago, is embedded in the consciousness of the British public. The first verse of the song mentions daffodils,...
