Famous Rose Gardens – Mottisfont Abbey

Mottisfont Abbey is the home to the British National Collection of ancestral species and 19th century rose cultivars. Situated in Hampshire England, the manor was built on the remains of a 12th century Augustinian priory which stands next to the River Test, the river fished by F.M. Halford, the father of modern fly fishing. The priory was founded in 1201 […]

Garden Design Ideas For Awkward Shaped Gardens

The temptation with an awkwardly shaped garden is either to do as little as possible to it — maybe a lawn surrounded with flowerbeds — or to add too many hidden corners and details, which might work well in an enormous plot, but won’t make the best of an average-sized garden. The ideal is to come up with a layout […]