An English Garden

“My father is a stranger. Of his childhood, of the country where he was born, his family, his fears, his desires or his prayers, I know next to nothing. And if the secrets of his life are to be found anywhere, it is somewhere on that island. I will have to cross the Channel.”

An English Garden tells the story of this three-week journey through England. From Suffolk to Hampshire, passing through Bath, Oxford, and London, the narrator, his father, and their endearing Aunt Harriet travel the winding roads in a restless yet joyful search for their origins.

From Victorian houses to forgotten graveyards, from The Beatles to Shakespeare, through shared laughter, pub nights, and quiet moments of reflection, they turn the pages of their family history—tracing clues, unearthing tombstones and long-buried secrets, and giving faces to the ancestors resting beneath England’s cross-studded gardens.

A son’s quiet declaration of love to his father, and an impressionistic portrait of timeless England, An English Garden is a meditation on what it means to live, love, and let go.