Bad Hair at Hidcote

The hedge and topiary trimming was going on the day we were at Hidcote.  The pool garden with the iconic birds is very serene--surrounded by hedges and with a little summer house to the side.  There are tiles in the summer house, and Johnston had originally painted a mural in the shelter.  It must have been divine to sit there and watch the bathing pool. The more I read about him and after seeing both gardens, the more I think brillant gardening is talent, passion, and more than a touch of obsession.