This is an example of the many small and medium sized gardens around England’s Southwest. The Garden House is a definite stop on our Road Trip around England in June 2026. The photos below is from our stop in 2016. I keep coming back to this photo mainly for the design element of the A-Frame hedge wiggle through a flower bed.
Producing Floriferous Gardens in San Francisco’s Mediterranean Climate.
October 28, 2025
Road Trip 2026 - The Garden House
October 21, 2025
Road-trip UK - Planning June-July 2026
Frank and I are planning our next trip to England in June 15-July 3, 2026. The map show our general plan to visit Cornwall, Somerset, Devon, Dorset in the southwest portion including the city of Bristol. Then continue north to Liverpool-Leeds-Sheffield-Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire,Cheshire.
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Those of you interested in joining us for a portion of this road-trip, now is a good time to start planning. We have simplified the planning by introducing a flat day rate. This daily rate will include ground transportation, accommodations, all meals and garden admission. This is to make it easy for everyone to join us for two days, or for five days or for the entire duration of eighteen days. Make this a small part of your bigger journey in the UK and Europe.
For more details, use the Contact Mike form on the right-side column of my blog.
And of course, take a look at our trips in years past:
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