Staying in with the Corens: gardening is supposed to be relaxing, isn’t it?

We are now into the part of the year when – lockdown or no lockdown – I spend most of my time thinking about the garden. Or gardens. For we have myriad: one at the front and one at the back. In front, facing south, is the Grande Terrasse with its small yew enclosure (or “hedge”) that protects us from the road. There is the arbutus that I planted with my father when I moved in 20 years ago, to remind me of the two we had in front of the house in Cricklewood, where I grew up. There are lavender and rosemary, which love the sun and lend a Provençal feel, plus assorted shrub roses and the wisteria that was 11 years old when