We spent most of the day of boiling heat at the Garden Museum, listening to speakers talk about urban gardens: Allan Jenkins about the pleasures of going to his allotment in the early hours of the morning; Luke Dixon about putting beehives into Princess Margaret’s garden at Kensington Palace; Iain Sinclair on finding a mulberry tree planted by John Evelyn; and Will Ashon on Epping Forest.
The Museum itself was a nice, cool mix of plants and tombs:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Christopher Woodward has done a remarkable job as Director of the Garden Museum – no surprise after his high success at the Holborne in Bath. The Garden Museum is a joy, and he has done exceptionally well with Artists in Residence, like Charlotte Verity.
Yes, I agree. Charles