Agatha Christie's Greenway (Devon, England) - The House
I can think of two places that we visited where I enjoyed the house more than the gardens. The first was Greenway, not for the house itself, which was surprisingly small and cramped, but for the history behind it and the fascinating mementos on display. Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan were enthusiastic collectors. You can see their collections on display throughout the house - European and Oriental ceramics, pottery, African tribal masks, Egyptian artifacts, Tunbridge ware, china, trinkets, and books. The Morning Room has a portrait of Agatha Christie as a child and her doll Rosie, sitting in a chair - The Drawing Room was where the family would gather in the evenings. Christie would entertain guests by reading chapters from manuscripts of her latest books. Agatha Christie's bedroom. Max always slept on a smaller portable traveling cot (you can see part of it in the foreground). It was his favorite bed and he carried it with him on all of his archaeological travels. N...
Very pretty! I prefer to admire 'Tiger Eyes' in other gardens. Having grown up in the Northeast, where sumac is an aggressively spreading weed, I've never been tempted to plant any variety of it. It does have nice foliage though. I love my Molinia caerulea 'Skyracer.'
ReplyDeleteI admired the plants in this bed, and noticed the fountain grass on top cascading "green curls" on Pan's head. That hairdo requires more information :-)
ReplyDeleteYou have so many interesting corners in your garden. The sun accentuates the positive.
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