THEME FOR THE DAY.

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: August 19, 2000 | Copyright information

Visiting the Lost Gardens of Heligan (see yesterday) led to the book which accompanied the Channel 4 series. The writer describes his first exploration of the site in 1987. Amid the wilderness of brambles he found the ruins of a large greenhouse: broken glass, rotted wood, doors off their hinges, the whole structure parted from its supporting wall. The sight of so much decay filled him with depression.

Then he noticed a leaf that looked different from the surrounding und...

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