Audrey Hepburn’s Gardens of the World and Her Timeless Rose

Audrey Hepburn, a Belgian-born British actress and humanitarian.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s May 4, 1929 Today is the birthday of Academy Award-winning actress and gardener Audrey Hepburn.  The Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) star appeared with Penelope Hobhouse and Graham Stuart Thomas on the 1991 PBS special  “Gardens of the World.” The series featured sixty gardens over eight episodes. They included Monet’s garden at Giverny, the Villa…

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Carol Klein Unveils Garden Treasures: Gravetye Manor’s Wild Beauty Beckons

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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 18, 2019 Oh, my dear gardening enthusiasts! What a delightful piece of news I must share with you today. Our beloved Carol Klein—that paragon of horticultural wisdom—has graced our television screens with…

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