Do join us for the Cliveden Literary Festival. I think the festival which i helped found and organize is the best ever this year. It is small and unique, both spectacular in location, informal in style, intimate in atmosphere. There is nothing quite like it. It started

Pre fireworks at the #Shrewsburyflowershow from my study window. #Shrewsbury #flowershow

Jennet Forgeson’s gravestone poses many questions. Such as : Where are her feet ? Why is only 1 of her 10 children clothed ? What is the book that she wants us to read ? Was she really that much bigger than her husband ?

Daniel J Myhill The Rose Society UK marshalls garden The RHS Advolly Richmond FLS 💙 Charmaine Hardy 💙 The Chatty Gardener BBC Gardeners' World Mag 🌹rosesuk Plant Heritage Garden News Thanks! 🙏 This was a wonderful and informative rose display 🌹! Daniel J Myhill marshalls garden The RHS

😱 This was taken this afternoon!!

#OTD 1809 Dr William Penny Brookes was born in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. He was a surgeon, magistrate, social reformer & father of the modern Olympic Movement. He inspired the working classes to enter competitive sports. Join Catherine Beale Pitchford Estate for marchesoftime.co.uk

Looking for a bargain monograph on ancient Roman garden space? Of course you are! 😏 The paperback version of my Bloomsbury Classical Studies & Archaeology book is coming on Sept 19th and is currently available for pre-order for only $35.95! 🍃bloomsbury.com/us/analysing-t…

How lovely I will be at this year's CheltLitFest on 10th at 12pm. Chris Thorogood & I will discuss the importance of plants & celebrate the people who travelled the world to record, cultivate and protect different species.🪴 We'll be signing our respective books afterwards 📚

Meet nurserywoman Claire Austin. gardensillustrated.com/gardens/garden…

Before and after images from a recent project I designed for clients after a year, these two areas looking well settled. Lots more to do and will pots other areas of this lovely project Garden Media Guild Gardens Illustrated #gardendesign #gardening #gardens #GardeningTwitter

Mom is 92. Her memory is failing. She’s lost track of dates (eg birthdays) & isn’t aware of today’s date. She hasn’t mentioned my late Dad for months now, but today she said, “When I woke up, I thought John was here.” Today would have been their 67th wedding anniversary. 💔

Born #OTD 1807, Jane Loudon (nee Webb), writer, botanist, artist. Author of 'The Mummy', read about her connections to the The Linnean Society of London here: linnean.org/news/2021/10/2…

"The most grandiloquent Victorian mansion in the county" was the description by John Newman, in the Shropshire volume of Pevsner's Buildings of England. Join us for the next Stokesay Court Guided House Tour on Friday, August 30th. ➡️stokesaycourt.com/whats-on #Shropshire #Ludlow

There’s an old Irish term for someone who likes to stay home by the warmth and comfort of the fireplace (what we might today call a couch potato)... cailleach na luatha. I like to translate it (with some poetic licence) as “divine hag of the ashes”

Radio4: The Grand House - Boom or Blight?, by Tristram Hunt, Tuesday 4pm 27 August. Is their new commercialism appropriate, and do they need to tell a new story? bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Please share to find Jack #Bristol #CheckYourCameras #FindJack

Another lovely review of The Golden Road, this time The Spectator: "As always his enthusiasm is infectious... a brisk and lively telling, brimming with memorable characters and skilled evocations of art... spectator.co.uk/article/india-…

Isn't it delightful? Just look at those mountains!

In our Online Autumn Lecture Series: Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design Curator Matthew Winterbottom talks about the explosion of colour embraced by artists and designers during the 19th-century. Book: bit.ly/47jAFsg Image: Clive Hurst, Flickr

Yr ardd heddiw - The garden today Summer is slipping gently into autumn here but there’s still plenty to enjoy in the garden. Don’t forget our cafe will be closing for the season at the end of this month #PlasBrondanw