One of the bonuses of gardening at Highgate Cemeteries is that the lovely volunteer lady, Kim, arranges a lot of excellent exchange visits for us volunteers to go to other interesting houses, gardens and cemeteries around London. And a couple of weeks ago we were posted off to Strawberry Hill House, Horace Walpole’s 18th century …
London parks
Light into Life: Marc Quinn at Kew
The weather forecast promised rain at 11am on Bank Holiday Monday and then for the rest of the day. So, I thought, if I get to Kew as the gates open at 10am, not only will I miss the rain but the bank holiday crowds. Great theory – and I did miss the crowds, but …
Leaves, funghi and willows
A very quick post just to celebrate the glorious golden leaf carpet in the Old Orchard Garden last week. Those large crunkly leaves – lined golden hands with their fingers spread – are from the Oriental Plane – or so my ‘Picture This’ app told me. They looked amazing and I am glad I snapped …
Sunday in Victoria Park, Hackney
The glorious sun which succeeded a week of grim, grey, damp and dreary days had everyone out in Victoria Park on Sunday – the families, the dogs, the cyclists, the runners. In fact, most of the population of Tower Hamlets and Hackney which bound the park – and were jointly responsible for running it until …