Hybrid musk roses (Penelope & Buff Beauty), Rugosa roserie de l'hay
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Glorious June…
Artichokes, elephant garlic and Allium Purple Rain
More colour in June
Also mid-summer, self-sown red valerian (Centranthus ruber), Geranium Brookside, yellow Phlomis fruticosa
More orange…
Mid-summer, Eremurus Cleopatra and Geum Princess Juliana in a new bed
The colour orange in spring
At this time of year when the predominant colours are yellow (daffodils and primroses) and blue (forget-me-nots), more and more, I like orange tulips. They go so well with the dry colours of late winter - sage, phlomis, cistus - and the new growth of spring.
Folly on the Isle of Wight
A photo of the cupola made and in place...
A folly on the Isle of Wight
This was a nice surprise, five years after I had produced a sketch design for a cupola to embellish a folly on the Isle of Wight - and had forgotten all about it - I was sent some photos of it. Here's the sketch which I believe hangs in the folly and a photo of thing...
Oak garden seat with a view
Mark Lutyens garden seat under a plane tree in Somerset. Deigned by ML and made by master craftsman Rob Hibberd. (St Patrick's Day 2021)
Hillsborough Castle
Mark sitting on his tree seat in a cloud of blue cornflowers, in the new walled garden at Hillsborough Castle, July 2019
Hillsborough Castle
The Dovecote or Shell House in the Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle: Designed by Mark Lutyens & Catherine FitzGerald; made by craftsmen from The Prince's Trust, 2019

Folly on the Isle of Wight
by Mark Lutyens | 30th April 2021 | Work in Progress
A photo of the cupola made and in place...

A folly on the Isle of Wight
by Mark Lutyens | 30th April 2021 | Work in Progress
This was a nice surprise, five years after I had produced a sketch design for a cupola to embellish a folly on the Isle of Wight - and had forgotten all about it - I was sent some photos of it. Here's the sketch which I believe hangs in the folly and a photo of thing...

Oak garden seat with a view
by Mark Lutyens | 18th March 2021 | Work in Progress
Mark Lutyens garden seat under a plane tree in Somerset. Deigned by ML and made by master craftsman Rob Hibberd. (St Patrick's Day 2021)

Hillsborough Castle
by Mark Lutyens | 11th September 2019 | Work in Progress
Mark sitting on his tree seat in a cloud of blue cornflowers, in the new walled garden at Hillsborough Castle, July 2019

Hillsborough Castle
by Mark Lutyens | 20th June 2019 | Work in Progress
The Dovecote or Shell House in the Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle: Designed by Mark Lutyens & Catherine FitzGerald; made by craftsmen from The Prince's Trust, 2019

A garden in East Somerset
by Mark Lutyens | 19th June 2019 | Work in Progress
A folly in the Walled Garden made from stone and stag-head oak: Designed by Mark Lutyens & Catherine FitzGerald; made by Rob Hibberd, Autumn 2019

Hillsborough Castle
by Mark Lutyens | 19th June 2019 | Work in Progress
Circular metal tree seat for the Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle. Designed by Mark Lutyens: made locally. Tree in centre = Pyrus Silver Sails

Slade Farm
by Mark Lutyens | 19th June 2019 | Work in Progress
Inscribed stone slab on a ferny wall at Slade Farm, Exmoor: text Andrew Marvell; design Mark Lutyens; carved by Tom Perkins

Hillsborough Castle
by Mark Lutyens | 19th June 2019 | Work in Progress
The new pool and plantings in the Jubilee Garden at Hillsborough Castle, June 2019

Hillsborough Castle
by Mark Lutyens | 19th June 2019 | Work in Progress
Walled garden at Hillsborough Castle, view over circular pool towards new visitor centre