No snow for Christmas this year, just a mild winter garden glistening with hoar frost on cold mornings.

Hoar frost is a staple of Mild Winter gardens and I’ve always wondered about it. Defined as “a grayish-white crystalline deposit of frozen water vapor formed in clear still weather on vegetation, fences…” it looks like icing on the grass. It sparkles before it evaporates, especially as the sun is rising. One of those glassy Mild Winter Garden mornings was captured perfectly in Wye Valley, near the border between England and Wales on the grounds of a 16th century manor house. The six acre estate, current used as an artist’s retreat, features a kitchen garden, streams, hedges vistas and two surprising contemporary sculptures.… Continue Reading

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