The English Garden

Inspiration from Barnsley House, a luxury retreat hotel in the Cotswold countryside.

Barnsley House & Gardens via Facebook page as seen on linenandlavender.net, http://www.linenandlavender.net/2013/05/the-english-garden.html

“Above our garden door, you’ll find ‘1697’ and ‘BB’ carved into the Cotswold stone. The carvings mark the date Brereton Bouchier, Barnsley Village’s squire, built the property…” -excerpt from Barnsley House HERITAGE

Barnsley House Potager Garden via Facebook page, as seen on linenandlavender.net, http://www.linenandlavender.net/2013/05/the-english-garden.html

“…Centuries later in 1952, architectural historian David Verey and his wife Rosemary Verey, fell in love with the house and moved in. As keen gardeners, both spent many hours transforming the grounds into a place that enjoys international acclaim for its beauty.” -excerpt, Barnsley House HERITAGE

Barnsley House, Pavilion and pond, as seen on linenandlavender.net, http://www.linenandlavender.net/2013/05/the-english-garden.html

Crab Apples, Barnsley House, via Facebook page, as seen on linenandlavender.net, http://www.linenandlavender.net/2013/05/the-english-garden.html

Garden Scarecrow, Barnsley House, as seen on linenandlavender.net, http://www.linenandlavender.net/2013/05/the-english-garden.html

Looking through the open door from the Morning Room to the garden via Barnsley House Facebook page as seen on linenandlavender.net, http://www.linenandlavender.net/2013/05/the-english-garden.html

Chapel,Barnsley House Grounds, as seen on linenandlavender.net, http://www.linenandlavender.net/2013/05/the-english-garden.html

Laburnum Walk, Barnsley House, from the website, as seen on linenandlavender.net, http://www.linenandlavender.net/2013/05/the-english-garden.html

Rosemary Verey

The Life and Lessons of a Legendary Gardener

by Barbara Paul Robinson

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BOOK REVIEW by Dan McCarthy – Garden Designer to Prince Charles, Elton John, billionaires and everyman. – Rosemary Verey, in her forties; with no training in gardening; with only four acres in Cotswold; with scant financial support, metamorphosed into the undisputed Queen of traditional English Gardening. She authored 18 best-selling books; advised fashion luminary Oscar de la Renta; was the ‘must have’ garden designer to HRH Prince Charles, Sir Elton John, King Hussein, American millionaires, billionaires and the New York Botanical Garden. Verey transformed a small grass plot into arguably the most photographed garden ever; attracting 30,000 visitors annually…[Robinson] illuminates the personal characteristics that catapulted Verey from a supportive, compliant, impecunious housewife and mother of four, into the acclaimed authority on traditional garden design, recipient of the Order of the British Empire. The author explains the appeal of Verey’s self-effacing, empowering mantra; “If I can do it, so can you. Just get on with it!” {cont}