Benvarden Garden

Writing on the hoof

Writing by LoisJanuary 2, 2019

Places by LoisJuly 27, 2018September 15, 2018

Since our lovely walk out on and around the Avalon Marshes a few weeks ago, I’ve been thinking a lot about pools and ponds, and in fact have written two poems! Occasionally ponds among trees and water with light on it have featured in my stories, usually just in passing; however in ‘The Stalking of […]

Places by LoisJuly 1, 2016July 1, 2016

A place I love…

One of my favourite places to visit in Northern Ireland is Benvarden Garden. The settlement of this land may be controversial, but whatever our thoughts about the rights and wrongs of the past, it happened… and this estate was established sometime in the 1630’s; it came into the possession of the Montgomery’s just before the turn […]

Growing

Bits and pieces by LoisApril 30, 2014

Places by LoisAugust 17, 2013August 7, 2013

A little bit of heaven

Follow the path… who knows where it will lead! Benvarden Garden in Count Antrim, a wonderful place to visit… I’ve never been there in the autumn or winter or spring so I can only imagine how wonderful it must be with autumn colours painting the trees, or the ground covered in snow, or the plants […]