|
Hidcote Boyce
Hidcote may refer to: * Hidcote Bartrim, a village in Gloucestershire ** Hidcote Manor Garden, a garden owned by the National Trust * Lavandula angustifolia#Cultivars, ''Lavandula angustifolia'' 'Hidcote', a cultivar of lavender See also * for Hidcote comfrey see Symphytum grandiflorum {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidcote Bartrim
Hidcote Bartrim is a hamlet (place), hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ebrington, Gloucestershire, Ebrington, in the Cotswold (district), Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. The nearest town is Chipping Campden, which is approximately south-west from the village. The village is on the Gloucestershire-Warwickshire border. It should not be confused with Hidcote Boyce, a similarly sized village roughly south of Hidcote Bartrim. In 1931 the parish had a population of 47. Hidcote Manor Garden is one of the best-known and most influential Arts and Crafts movement, Arts and Crafts gardens in Britain, with its linked "rooms" of hedges, rare trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders. Created by Lawrence Waterbury Johnston, Lawrence Johnston, it is owned by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Trust and is open to the public. Kiftsgate Court Gardens, created by Heather Muir in the 1920s, is also adjacent to the village. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidcote Manor Garden
Hidcote Manor Garden is a garden in the United Kingdom, located at the village of Hidcote Bartrim, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. It is one of the best-known and most influential Arts and Crafts gardens in Britain, with its linked "garden rooms" of hedges, rare trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders. Created by Lawrence Johnston, it is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. History The Americans, Lawrence Johnston and his mother, settled in Britain about 1900, and Lawrence immediately became a British citizen and fought in the British army during the Boer war. In 1907 Johnston's mother, Mrs Gertrude Winthrop (she had re-married), purchased the Hidcote Manor Estate. It was situated in a part of Britain with strong connections to the then-burgeoning Arts and Crafts movement and an Anglicized American artistic expatriate community centred nearby at Broadway, Worcestershire. Johnston soon became interested in turning the fields around the house into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavandula Angustifolia
''Lavandula angustifolia'', formerly ''L. officinalis'', is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean (Spain, France, Italy, Croatia etc.). Its common names include lavender, true lavender and English lavender (though not native to England); also garden lavender, common lavender and narrow-leaved lavender. Description It is a strongly aromatic shrub growing as high as tall. The leaves are evergreen, long, and broad. The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes long at the top of slender, leafless stems long. Etymology The species name ''angustifolia'' is Latin for "narrow leaf". Previously, it was known as ''Lavandula officinalis'', referring to its medicinal properties. Cultivation English lavender is commonly grown as an ornamental plant. It is popular for its colourful flowers, its fragrance, and its ability to survive with low water consumption. It does not grow well in continuously damp soil and may benefit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
