Hidcote Manor Garden and nearby Kiftsgate Court are two of the most visited gardens of England. These two Cotswold gems are both over 100 years old, but still as beautiful as ever.
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Continue reading “Exploring Our Sussex Downland Villages”“The heart can be happy on these great downs, so much are they a part of England, with their close sheep bitten paths and always the wind blowing the grasses.”
Richard Jefferies
The wildlife pond awakes with frogspawn and tadpoles. The garden has been decorated by tulips and we have a surprise local kingfisher.
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Spring’s ephemeral but exquisite beauty inspired many of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems and his Journal. In his own words this wonderful season is ‘all in a rush with richness‘.
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A Listening Heart 