above : bubbly Sanguisorba cavorting with various grasses at Hummelo.

Garden tours:
United Kingdom 2016:

Borde Hill
Gravetye Manor
Great Dixter
Pashley Manor
Sissinghurst

United States 2017:

Western Hills USA 2017

Essays:
California Cottage

OK, you won't find a catalogue of seeds, at least for now, but instead you've found a place for the germination of ideas and the enjoyment of watching where they grow.

I treat this section as the fertile 'Miscellaneous' folder of various elements I encounter, and the ideas that follow: plans for dream gardens; lists of plants and techniques I want to promote; and opinions and theories I want to explore.