Phyllis Goodwin's Blog, page 6

SUPPORT AN INDIE AUTHOR – This year I have downloaded three novels to my kindle. Also I purchased two Paperbacks. All were written by Indie Authors. Enjoyed some more than others but I think if we all tried doing this next year, it would be a boost to mora

SUPPORT AN INDIE AUTHOR – This year I have downloaded three novels to my kindle. Also I purchased two Paperbacks. All were written by Indie Authors. Enjoyed some more than others but I think if we all tried doing this next year, it would be a boost to mora

SUPPORT AN INDIE AUTHOR – This year I have downloaded three novels to my kindle. Also I purchased two Paperbacks. All were written by Indie Authors. Enjoyed some more than others but I think if we all tried doing this next year, it would be a boost to mora

SUPPORT AN INDIE AUTHOR – This year I have downloaded three novels to my kindle. Also I purchased two Paperbacks. All were written by Indie Authors. Enjoyed some more than others but I think if we all tried doing this next year, it would be a boost to mora

SUPPORT AN INDIE AUTHOR – This year I have downloaded three novels to my kindle. Also I purchased two Paperbacks. All were written by Indie Authors. Enjoyed some more than others but I think if we all tried doing this next year, it would be a boost to mora

SUPPORT AN INDIE AUTHOR – This year I have downloaded three novels to my kindle. Also I purchased two Paperbacks. All were written by Indie Authors. Enjoyed some more than others but I think if we all tried doing this next year, it would be a boost to mora

SUPPORT AN INDIE AUTHOR – This year I have downloaded three novels to my kindle. Also I purchased two Paperbacks. All were written by Indie Authors. Enjoyed some more than others but I think if we all tried doing this next year, it would be a boost to mora

SUPPORT AN INDIE AUTHOR – This year I have downloaded three novels to my kindle. Also I purchased two Paperbacks. All were written by Indie Authors. Enjoyed some more than others but I think if we all tried doing this next year, it would be a boost to mora

Visit to three delightful gardens in the month of August 2015

Upton House and Gardens

Walter Samuel, the second Viscount Bearsted, bought the estate in nineteen twenty seven. In nineteen thirty eight Lady Bearsted employed Kitty Lloyd Jones to re-design the gardens. The two women became friends and together created the fashionable Bog Garden, Rock Garden and the herbaceous borders around the Kitchen Garden.

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Kiftsgate Court Gardens

Here the gardens are the creation of three women gardeners – Heather Muir in the twenties followed by her daughter, Diany Binny in the fifties and now in the care of her daughter Anne Chambers who lives here with her hussband. ‘It is a series of interconnecting gardens each with its distinct character and secrets.’

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Mrs. Winthrope bought an exposed field for her son Lawrence Johnston and in just thirty years he turned it into one of the country’s great gardens. ‘There’s always something new to see as he carefully designed each garden room to peak at different times of the year’

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Visit all three if you can find the time. All are near Stratford on Avon so you can include a play in the evening in Shakespeare’s birth place!

Roses in June and July

The roses at Maydene were a picture in June. Then in July when the children started their summer holiday, the English summer kicked in with torrential rain and devastating winds. The beds are now full of the petals – SAD!

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