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garden trip to England in the late summer


late August-early September 2010 starts a four-day garden tour in England, the garden will lead to selected destinations in the counties of Kent and Sussex.
We visit the grand old lady of English garden design Beth Chatto , its famous gravel garden and nursery. Great Dixter is the property of the garden book author Christoffer Lloyd, known for his unconventional, but effective use of color. The royal gardens RHS Garden Wisley are an institution. Here, a few years ago the Dutchman Piet Oudolf created large-scale plantation of shrubs.
Last but not least: Sissinghurst Castle , perhaps the world's most famous gardens, created by Vita Sackville-West. See the famous white garden and the Purple Border 'live'. The visit to Hever Castle and Garden and a city tour of London complete the program.
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Blooming Paradise - Open Lower Rhine gardens its doors



The new edition of 2010, the "Garden of Paradise on the Lower Rhine" by Susanne and Hans Paus Glade is in addition to investments and funds from the districts of Kleve also gardens in the district of Viersen.
The coffee-table book presents 27 different private gardens and park-like facilities of Borken in the north to the south of Viersen, Niederrhein. Part of the gardens is the Dutch province of Gelderland. The full text of Susan Paus describes each garden on six pages. The photographs by Hans Glade show the facilities of their best.
In this issue are also the first time three gardens in the district of Viersen been added.
addition to the flower garden in Waldorf Hinsbeck-Oirlich and the city garden of the family Kohlhaas Viersen Dülken Groene in the garden Leuth-Busch.
Under the title "most beautiful course on" Communicating the insightful text and exciting pictures of grasses, asters and early and late-summer garden Groene Impressions of an impression to the season. Information on opening times, directions and tips for trips in the surrounding area round out the cause.
Among the gardens featured in the book include the garden Lucenz / Bender Bedburg-Hau, or the private garden of Piet Oudolf in Hummelo.
Mercator Verlag, 168 pages with over 270 photos and a map, size 25 x 31 cm,
Price 28, - €,
ISBN: 3-87463-460-1

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Google Maps Map: Garden Paradise on the Lower Rhine