We have recently returned from a memorable weekend viewing the impressive exhibition: Grinling Gibbons: Master Carver ( 1648-1721).

In 2018 we visited the magnificent 17th century Villa Aldobrandini during a tour of the Gardens of Rome and Frascati.

At the western end of Monmouth Beach in Lyme Regis you’ll find a spectacular graveyard of fossils known as the Ammonite Pavement.

Alexander Pope's Grotto is a subterranean grotto/‘museum’ dating from 1719.

Walton Bath House is an 18th century garden retreat with space for entertaining and bathing.

This photograph shows details of how the Ole Worm cabinet (1639) was organised and displayed in his Copenhagen home. Ole Worm (1588-1653)...

No visit to Moscow would be complete without assessing the dedicated restoration project at the Kuskovo Grotto.

In 2019 we were fortunate to be shown around the Corsini Palace on the banks of the Arno by the Countess Lucrezia.

Villa d'Este sits in the town of Tivoli within the Lazio Region of Italy and is one of the stunning locations which we visited in 2018.

Christa Wilm is a shell artist whose inspiration for shell ornamentation comes from Italy.

The Grotto at Villa Melzi, Italy is set within a neo-classical style garden with open belvedere visible across Lake Como.

The Victorian garden at Waddesdon Manor was designed to extend the collection of curiosities within the manor.

The Shell Grotto, Pontypool, is a Grade II* listed late-18th-century slate roofed shell grotto decorated with shells and animal bones.

This Little Venice (Vizcaya Mansion) includes an Italianate house and garden and took eight years to construct, 1914-22.

Another European shellhouse visit here. Our next showcase takes us to a beautiful villa in the North of Italy near Milan.

Today we are reminiscing about the stunning Palazzo Borromeo which is located on Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, Italy.

Trsteno Arboretum dates from c1494. It is the oldest in Europe and a perfect setting for this late 18th century rusticated grotto.

St James's Church, Piccadilly, London was built in 1648 by Sir Christopher Wren.

The Renaissance Villa di Costella had been the residence of Cosmo I de Medici and still provides fine views towards Florence. The...

This gorgeous shell house and sunny shell designs were lovingly created in 1964 by Alice Lennox-Boyd. She and her husband had collected...