Steven Desmond is a freelance landscape consultant specialising in the conservation and management of historic parks and gardens in Britain and Europe. After 27 years in horticulture as gardener, lecturer and now consultant, he divides his time between advisory work for owners of historic gardens, lecturing to a wide range of amateur, academic and professional audiences, broadcasting and leading specialist tours in Britain, Ireland, France, Italy and Germany.

Recent reviews by Steven Desmond Ireland's Botanical Gardens Gardens in Dublin, Ireland Every nation needs a great botanic garden, and Ireland’s is a world beater. 19th-century in character, the great treasure is the famous curvilinear palm ... Mount Stewart Gardens in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom A garden of tremendous richness remade in the 1920s. Colour-tapestry beds below the house give way to groves of woodland planting under eucalyptus and ... La Mortola Gardens in Liguria, Italy Now returning to its former glory after years of decline, this garden has an incomparable location on the Riviera coast. Made from the 1860s by the Hanbury ... Little Sparta Gardens in Scotland, United Kingdom Ian Hamilton Finlay’s modern garden of ideas in the Scottish hills. Every step leads to a new object or view, an emblem, a quotation, a reference, a joke ... Studley Royal Gardens in Leeds, United Kingdom Not only a garden, but a huge and varied experience, all of the highest quality in a magnificent setting. From the mediaeval deerpark with its epic view ... Steven Desmond has written 10 reviews. See more »

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