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Dismiss British Garden Writers? Absurd.

Dismiss British Garden Writers? Absurd.

By Marianne Willburn|2020-04-21T23:26:34+00:00July 19th, 2019|

This week I want to sincerely thank Scott Beuerlein, friend and columnist at Horticulture magazine, whose irreverent column about British garden writers got me out of my funk and racing for the laptop to write a rebuttal for Garden Rant. Do you keep to regional garden advice or do you like to dip into voices [...]

What Can We Learn From British Gardens?

What Can We Learn From British Gardens?

By Marianne Willburn|2019-02-07T13:44:20+00:00November 1st, 2018|

Fresh from an exhaustive three weeks driving 1800 miles to tour British gardens and their associated tea rooms, I am full of ideas and inspiration for next year’s planting schemes. The British know how to do it. The hype is real. But what exactly is that ‘it’ comprised of? Cottagey color? Architectural hedging? Jam covered [...]