Veg Plotting is an eclectic blog, but inevitably I've built up quite a few articles about the various gardens, talks and shows I've visited over its lifetime. These have their own labels (Garden Visit, Showtime and Talks), but it can be quite irksome now to search through to see if there's something you'd like to read. This page is designed to make that search a little easier. Within each article you'll find further links gives you further useful information on each garden, show or talk. At the end of this page, I've added some links to more general websites, blogs and books which you may find useful.
If you're particularly interested in Malvern Spring Show, then might I point you in the direction of the blog dedicated to our bloggers gathering in May 2010? There's over 50 different articles covering all aspects of the show, as well as information on accommodation and local attractions in the area.
Gardens Visited
Around Wiltshire:
Around Wiltshire:
- Bolehyde Manor - June 2010 and a meadow bench
- Great Chalfield Manor - August 2008
- Horatio's Garden - a very special garden at Salisbury Hospital - May (during the build) and a sneak preview of the opening in September 2012
- Lackham Country Park - October 2009
- Lacock Abbey - International Garden Photographer of the Year 2009 and 2010
- Special Plants - September 2009, January 2010 plus an interview with the owner, Derry Watkins
- Stourhead - May 2008 and 2009
- The Courts - February 2010 plus some poetry found that day and wassailing in January 2011
A little further afield (surrounding counties):
- Blenheim - Full visit and Going Italian - September 2010
- Dyrham Park - including their perry pear day - October 2010; plus a view of their Tulip Festival - April 2012
- Hanham Court - July 2009
- Highgrove (NB will need to take the link in the post to see the garden as photography isn't allowed) - September 2010
- Kilver Court - September 2009, plus an autumnal and a crowded bench
- Lytes Cary Manor - June 2008, October 2008 and August 2009
- Oxford Botanic Garden - September 2008 and a bench from March 2010
- Painswick Rococo Garden - February 2010 and a bench
- The Organic Garden at Holt Farm - Full visit, a little something from the Ladies and a Remembrance poppy - August 2011; plus a springtime revisit, a view of the Reflecting Pool and a masterclass on composting - April 2012
- Westonbirt Arboretum - Autumn 2009 and Spring 2010
High days and holidays:
- A Tale of Two Welsh Gardens - visiting blogging friends - October 2011 :)
- Biddulph Grange - brief postcard and full tour - June 2010
- Borde Hill - in the footsteps of plant hunters - April 2013
- Bryan's Ground - a very different visit, plus a quirky detail and a bench - May 2011
- Capel Manor - more of an unusual teaser to tempt you rather than a full visit - June 2012
- Chelsea Physic Garden - Full visit plus finding Linnaeus' motto and a rather nice bench - June 2011
- Cottesbrooke Hall - a bench from July 2010
- Dunham Massey - new winter garden - November 2009
- Easton Walled Gardens - collage designed to capture the atmosphere with links to 2 people who visited in the same week, plus a rather elegant bench - June 2012
- Garden Organic, Ryton - August 2009, plus a look at the car park planting
- Great Dixter - initial post, then a bench and a pause for thought - March 2013
- Great Garden, Stratford upon Avon - March 2010
- Hawkstone Park Follies - September 2010 and a bench
- Herefordshire gardens: Hampton Court and Hergest Croft - August 2009, plus a bench from one, but not the other
- Monastery Garden, Litomysl - July 2010; a quick postcard, then a terraced bench and a big bench
- Poppleton Community Railway Nursery - September 2012
- RHS Harlow Carr - June 2011 and a rainy bench
- RHS Hyde Hall - June 2011
- RHS Wisley - May 2010, plus a bench, then a later postcard, Notes on the trials field - September 2011, Secret Wisley - May 2012 and Wisley Surprises - July 2012
- The Bloedel Reserve, Seattle - July 2011 (with links to subsequent posts)
- Trentham Gardens - full visit and a bench - June 2010
- West Dean Gardens - February 2011 and then there's this bench and that bench
- Wildside - July 2010
TBC - in the meantime have a look under the Showtime label
Talks
I'm lucky to have discovered the University of Bath Gardening Club which has visits from top notch speakers as well as the Soft Landscaping workshops organised by Palmstead Nursery. A full list of these and others I've been to are summarised here.
Other Articles
Garden Cafes - Boon or Bane?
Madame Zelda Predicts: The Garden Just For You - a spoof horoscope looking at gardens to visit based on star signs
Travellers' Salad: Places to Visit - a round up of some of my favourite kitchen gardens to visit
50 Best Gardens (with Victoria Summerley) - The Independent, 1st May 2010
Best Gardens for Autumn - guest post on The Guardian, 15th October 2010
Get Out and About This Autumn - one of my posts for The Garden Furniture Centre, October 2011
Useful Links
American Horticultural Society
American Public Gardens Association
English Heritage
Garden Visit (NB covers gardens worldwide)
Historic Houses Association
National Gardens Scheme
National Trust
National Trust for Scotland
Royal Horticultural Society
The Galloping Gardener
ThinkinGardens
Useful Books
Around the World in 80 Gardens
Gardens of the National Trust
How to Read an English Garden
The English Garden
The Garden Visitor's Companion
The Gardens of Europe: a Traveller's Guide
The Good Gardens Guide
