Flowers Aplenty - Visiting JW Blooms Flower Field, Somerset

One of the things that I love about Instagram is the way that it connects you with things, be it people, places or just inspiration in general. I can’t quite remember how exactly it came about that I started following Jan from JW Blooms or she started following me but it was something along the lines of one of us commented on a post about flowers, then I had a look at Jan’s profile and discovered...

Spring at Highnam Court

Last summer, in the middle of the crazy heatwave, a friend and I visited Highnam Court. It was open as part of the National Garden Scheme (NGS) and it was another place I’d been meaning to visit for years and had finally gotten around too. Highnam Court is just off of the ever so busy A40 between Gloucester and the Forest of Dean. As that stretch of road is part of my commute to work I’d passed...

An Indian Palace in the Middle of the Cotswolds - Sezincote

When searching for pretty gardens to go and visit, Sezincote had come up many times but due to it’s slightly awkward opening hours (it’s only open Thursdays and bank holiday Mondays, and once a year for the National Open Gardens scheme) I had never managed to make it there. I’d driven past the sign a few times whilst heading to other places like Batsford Arboretum and had been intrigued by the...