06/16/2026
Fam - Prepare to be Spammed.
We just got back from a WHIRLWIND trip centered around touring some of the best gardens in the UK.
I’m going to share some of my take aways here from each of those gardens over the next few days.
Here’s Day 1: Great Dixter, East Sussex
Known for its Long Border, Sunken Garden, ((and probably only to me)) as the most densely planted garden I’ve ever visited
Some of my favorite things:
- using evergreens to frame a space and direct lines of sight
- scale of plants to anchor spaces
- repetition of plants/colors/textures
- very very little negative spaces
- acknowledging how hardscaping impacts shading and playing into the limits of the space
On brand, it rained the whole time we were there visiting, but the colors were so vivid and vibrant - I’d love to return on a sunnier day and take me time perusing every niche, but I’m so glad this was our first garden stop.
Shoutout to Cornish Bakery and Kent’s cherry farmers for keeping us in business with fab snacks && Molly Hendry for all the great recs.