Festivals are tricky things to review.
I'd rather not. A festival is a complex experience which is so much more than the sum of its parts. It's been a couple of months now since the Enchanted Garden took place once again in the idyllic surroundings of Larmer Tree Gardens in Wiltshire, and I'm still wondering what it all means. None of the reviews in either the broadsheets or the music press came close to catching the spirit of this unique event - a pitfall that professional journalists can rarely avoid, spending their time as they do observing rather than truly participating. Punters are bound to have a more vivid impression of the heart and soul of a festival - if there is one at all.