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One of my favourite English country gardens - in New Zealand!

By Michael McCoy

Oct 8, 2019

Barewood, in the Awatere Valley of NZ, is the realised dream of the visionary Caroline Ferraby. Generous, gracious lawns connected by magical avenues, as background to gorgeous colour themed plantings of roses, perennials and bulbs.

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Somehow Flaxmere has escaped my many visits to the South Island of NZ. I’d seen many photos, but nothing prepared me for the epic reality. The vision, the determination, the sheer grit of creato ...

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By Michael

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Watch as the German Landscape Architect Bettina Jaugstetter reframes my thinking about successional planting. I go on about what Christopher Lloyd taught me, then Bettina, having listened attentively, ...

Great Dixter - the unbearable build-up

By Michael

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Great Dixter is one of my favourite places in the world. Has been for nearly 30 years. I’ve been deliriously happy there and horribly stressed. In that house and garden, I’ve experienced hig ...