Garden Festival Planner: Floriade Holand 2022

In 2022 this huge, once-in-a-decade festival will focus on inspiring ways for city-dwellers to connect with the beauty of plants and gardens. Words: Sandra Ross, pictures: Robin Powell Garden festival planner: Floriade, Holland, 2022 Floriade 2022 is Holland’s…

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Posted: June 26, 2019
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Author: Kent Ross

The rebirth of New York’s High Line

Back in 2013 workers removed the last remaining bits of Sydney’s monorail. After 25 years the unpopular transport project has been relegated to memory. How different the decommissioning of New York’s old freight rail, the High Line, and the transformation…

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Posted: June 20, 2019
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Author: Kent Ross

Postcard from the garden world

This week’s postcard includes views, reports and travel tips from the world of Ross Garden Tours. A US First For the first time ever Graham and I are co-hosting a tour! We’ve handpicked some of our favourite gardens on the…

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Posted: June 13, 2019
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Author: Kent Ross

Powis Castle

Powis Castle is a medieval fortress and grand country manor of striking red limestone that perches on top of a hill. Its crenelated battlements reach into the clouds and its mullioned windows overlook Italianate terraces planted up with fine herbaceous…

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Posted: June 5, 2019
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Author: Kent Ross