Pleasure garden

In the hands of English Heritage, the care and restoration of the striking mid-19th-century garden of Brodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire, is producing truly impressive results, writes Tiffany Daneff. Photographs by Clive Nichols.

This site is the blog site of landscape architect Thomas Rainer focusing on the intersection of ecology, horticulture, and design.

The plants at your borders are the most visible part of the garden, Choose plants that attract attention by considering size, color, shape, texture and season of bloom.

By David Blackwell A popular form of aristocratic entertainment in mid-18th-century London was to stroll round the city’s ornamental pleasure gardens, both those at Vauxhall (launched in 1732 with a masked gala) and its more fashionable rival, Ranelagh Gardens (opened in 1742 and now the site of the annual Chelsea Flower Show).

These expert ideas for designing a fragrant garden will allow you to create a feast for the senses in every season

See 5 interesting ways to use stone in your back yard - seating, mosaics, fire pits, gabions, and garden beds. Tutorials and design inspiration included.

In her new book, Gardens at First Light, Stacy Bass gives us an unprecedented look at twelve glorious private gardens all shot at dawn

Not only is Atlanta Botanical Garden the loveliest place in all of Atlanta for those like me, who love nature dearly, but it's also a beacon of hope in a world plagued by environmental disasters, pollution, and a lack of scientific understanding. Equal parts research & conservation facility and pleasure garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden is the perfect place to get away from the hustle and bustle of downtown while learning about and supporting the Southeastern Center for Conservation's missio

Posts about Vauxhall Gardens written by Vic

Thoughts about our garden. “We desire,” the Emporer dictated, “that in the garden there should be all kinds of plants.” Charlemagne the Great I do a lot of writing about gardens, but our own personal garden has never been the subject of this blog. Our garden is always a backdrop to my thinking about gardens and gardening—a sort of character in my story whose face is never revealed. There are many reasons for this: first, our garden is just in the process of being established; I’m a terrible…