Tag Archives: Beth Chatto

friday clippings 5/18/18

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Denise

Do you ever worry that you’re getting a little jaded, just slightly inured to cool stuff because we see so much of it now via blogs, Instagram, online periodicals? I admit I worry that occasionally feeling a little inspirationally flat … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings | Tagged Beth Chatto, Christian Marsden, Izawa Ceramics, Jenny Stocker, Saya Designs, Stolen Form, William Finnegan | 4 Comments

the gardening beatle

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Denise

I think it was George’s son Dhani Harrison who let slip in the Martin Scorcese documentary “Living in the Material World,” (last week on HBO) that the family sometimes called George “Capability,” jokingly comparing George to the great 18th century … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden visit | Tagged Beth Chatto, Dan Pearson, Dhani Harrison, English landscape movement, Friar Park, George Harrison, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, Living in the Material World, Martin Scorcese | 8 Comments

Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Denise

Some byzantine glads opened while I was out of town a few days. Flowers have that unerring sense of timing, don’t they? As I’ve written before, these bulbs are an inferior strain, in that they are not the desired deep … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs | Tagged Beth Chatto, Gladiolus communis ssp. byzantinus, Old House Gardens | Leave a comment