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    Cottage Gardens in south of Finland

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    Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Feb 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

    In the outskirts of Miami, USA, hidden from view by a native subtropical forrest, lies a gem of a garden next to a beautiful early 20th C...
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    Ginkaku-ji temple in Kyoto
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Feb 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Ginkaku-ji temple in Kyoto

    In the beginning of October I hade the pleasure of visiting Ginkaku-ji or Temple of the Silver Pavillion (also known as Jisho-Ji or Templ...
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    Mrs Pedersens Garden
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jan 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Mrs Pedersens Garden

    Mrs Pedersens garden and café in Vemb, Denmark, is a two acer garden filled with plants and beautiful still life arrangements set deep in...
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    Have ved Hegnet - the Garden by the Fence
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Have ved Hegnet - the Garden by the Fence

    This autumn I had the joy of visiting Inger Skoudal and Jørn Møller Jensens beautiful little gem of a garden Haven ved Hegnet (the Garden...
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    Peder Lamms garden
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Oct 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    Peder Lamms garden

    Last summer I had the joy of visiting antique expert Peder Lamm and his wife Charlotta who live in a beautiful 18th century vicarage in S...
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    Amsterdam Garden Open Days
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jun 7, 2019
    • 3 min

    Amsterdam Garden Open Days

    Each year Amsterdam hosts a wonderful festival for garden lovers, when during the third weekend of June the city opens up some 30 city ce...
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    Tulip mania in Paris
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Tulip mania in Paris

    One of the great pleasures in life is travelling in springtime. Travelling is mostly wonderful, but I find that travelling in spring is e...
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    A sisal plantation in Mexico
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    A sisal plantation in Mexico

    This winter I travelled to Mexico and visited the Hacienda stouta de Peon, a historic sisal plantation and museum. Sisal (Agave sisalana)...
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    Visiting Cawdor Castle gardens
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jun 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    Visiting Cawdor Castle gardens

    Cawdor Castle dates from the late 14th century, when it was built as a private fortress by Thanes of Cawdor. It lies in the pictures pari...
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    Visiting Wanås sculpture park
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jun 2, 2018
    • 3 min

    Visiting Wanås sculpture park

    Last summer while visiting my bestie Sonja in Sweden, we took a mini holiday and a road trip through Skåne county. We were actually on a ...
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    Is corn envy a thing?
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Apr 7, 2018
    • 4 min

    Is corn envy a thing?

    While travelling through the Sacred Valley in Peru, we spent a delightful day visiting Maria and Josef del Pilars wonderful corn farm Sar...
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    A tropical holiday
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Feb 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    A tropical holiday

    As far as garden inspiration goes, I think that hotel gardens are a vastly underrated source of ideas and inspiration. I guess we take fo...
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    A weekend in Suffolk, UK
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jan 20, 2018
    • 1 min

    A weekend in Suffolk, UK

    In late October last year I went for a long weekend to see my friends Didi and Marc in Suffolk. They live in a lovely house with origins ...
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    A perfect summer day at Villa Gustafshäll
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Nov 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    A perfect summer day at Villa Gustafshäll

    Last summer I went for a weeks holiday to Sweden. It is one of my favourite travel destinations, and I always take a day or two to enjoy ...
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    Six simple inspiring doorways
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Oct 28, 2017
    • 1 min

    Six simple inspiring doorways

    This weekend I went to see friends in Suffolk, England, and we spent a lovely afternoon in Aldeburgh. I love travelling because of the in...
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