Sofias Country Gardens

Each year Amsterdam hosts a wonderful festival for garden lovers, when during the third weekend of June the city opens up some 30 city...

One of the great pleasures in life is travelling in springtime. Travelling is mostly wonderful, but I find that travelling in spring is...

This winter I travelled to Mexico and visited the Hacienda stouta de Peon, a historic sisal plantation and museum. Sisal (Agave sisalana)...

When I asked at the hotel I was staying for directions to Bologna botanical garden, the concierge looked at me with a firm look of...

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...

While travelling through the Sacred Valley in Peru, we spent a delightful day visiting Maria and Josef del Pilars wonderful corn farm...