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Category Archive for 'Gardens'

Work has continued today along the bank of Bunchers Brook at the bottom of the garden. We have planted 5 whitebeams alongside the old willow trees which were reduced in size by pollarding at the end of last year. We have chosen to plant whitebeams as they are a native ornamental tree with an attractive [...]

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Located about an hour’s drive from our cottages in Broadway, in rural Herefordshire, are the wonderful Laskett Gardens, the largest private formal gardens created in England since 1945. Sir Roy Strong and his late wife Dr Julia Trevelyan Oman passionately transformed a neighbouring 3 acre field surrounding their home into a series of stunning gardens including extensive herbaceous [...]

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The Wychavon Way

The new Wychavon Way is being launched in the next couple of weeks and the official finishing place of the popular walk will now be the Village Green in Broadway, where a stone monolith will mark the spot. The Wychavon Way was originally opened to mark The Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977. The route used [...]

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Broadway Arts Festival 2012

The dates for the 2012 Broadway Arts Festival have been announced: the 2012 Festival, dedicated to John Singer Sargent RA and the work and gardens of Alfred Parsons RA will take place in Broadway, the Cotswolds, from Friday 8th – Sunday 17th June 2012. A popular event in Broadway, the 2010 Festival attracted more than 5,000 [...]

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