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The Garden House (Devon, England)

The destinations are beginning to blur but looking at the tour guide booklet, I see that we are now in Plymouth. Today, we visited two gardens designed by Keith Wiley.  The first is The Garden House , where Wiley worked as Head Gardener for 25 years (from 1978-2003). The 10-acre estate was purchased in the 1940s by former Eton schoolmaster Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katherine. It was formerly home to the  vicars of Buckland Monachronum. The Fortescue's renovated the gardens and ran a market garden business and raised cattle.  The remains of some of the original buildings in the vicarage still stand in the garden and serve as a romantic backdrop in the Walled Garden - I loved the way they had massed ferns together. Just stunning! Surrounding the walled garden and venturing out away from the house are more naturalistic plantings  - Today, the head gardener is Nick Haworth, who was previously head gardener at Greenway , which we visited earlier.  Keith Wiley lef...
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Gardens of the Shoals presentation



This Sunday I will be doing a presentation at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Pine Street on "Gardens of the Shoals". I will be showing photos of gardens in the area, including our own garden, that I've written about for Alabama Gardener Magazine. So, if you need some motivation for next spring, do come by! The program starts at 11 a.m.
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  1. Monica the Garden FaerieNovember 13, 2009 at 2:45 PM

    Love the photo. I'd love to come by if I were local!

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  2. UnknownNovember 13, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    Monica and I might need to make a road trip!

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  3. AaerelonNovember 13, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    I'd definitely be there if I could. Have fun!

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  4. Catherine@AGardenerinProgressNovember 13, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    I wish I could go too!

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  5. Lisa at GreenbowNovember 14, 2009 at 2:02 AM

    Yep, I would be right there in the front row if I lived closer. Have a good showing.

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  6. sweetbayNovember 14, 2009 at 8:00 AM

    Phillip that shot of your garden is just sublime! Garden perfection.

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  7. Rob (ourfrenchgarden)November 14, 2009 at 10:57 AM

    I love that shot!

    You have good taste Phillip.

    I'd like to be there, sadly there's the matter of a small geography problem.

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  8. compost in my shoeNovember 15, 2009 at 5:08 AM

    Next time do a live feed, so we can all see your presentation!

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  9. Digital Flower PicturesNovember 15, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    Good luck. I would love to go but it is a bit of a drive. I agree on the webcast.

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  10. UnknownNovember 16, 2009 at 2:57 AM

    Hey this is really good work. I love this blog.

    I am a mom from the bizymoms Florence community and would love for you to share it with the moms in the community.

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  11. Dig, Grow, Compost, BlogNovember 16, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    Is that a shot of your garden? It's stunning! Wish I could be there!

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