Garden Visits

We visited on a very drizzly misty day last September. We had the gardens to ourselves and they were quite magical. Not very big but there’s a nice circular walk around grazing paddocks and also a short walk into the old woodland garden. One of those gardens with a bit of soul. The end point of...

Yes, @Plantminded , what difference sunshine can make if I take pictures in a dabbled shade garden. When we came at 10:15, there were just 5 other cars. The car park and overflow were full when we left at 1. As I always say to OH, the town were I live has got only 5 pensioners, the town where...

Our French tours went something like that, but seemed to end up at vineyards and liqueur-producing monasteries

A few to add on...

Looks beautiful

Looks interesting. For a moment I thought you were referring Mr Jellicle

You are right of course, I got it wrong again!

For anyone interested in going on Garden Tours, the Mediterranean Plants and Gardens Society is brilliant. Head gardeners normally give a guided tour of their gardens and, as it is not a commercial operation, their prices are very reasonable.We went on one in September in West Wales and...

Thank you Victoria for this thread.I question the title of it being a natural garden. IMO to me a natural garden would apply more to a dried-up desert area, that is suddenly transformed by something like a monsoon, as often displayed in nature films.Maintenance of such a garden display...

Yep, just watched it. Thoroughly enjoyed that

I hope you don't mind me posting this here, it's slightly off topic. I have just spotted this interesting article on the BBC webpage about how a group of women were employed at Kew in 1896 on equal pay, long before women gained the vote. They had to work in their bloomers, to disguise the fact...

We went to Barnsdale, many years ago, not that long after Geoff died. To me, a fantastic place that anyone remotely interested in gardening should visit. His memorial garden was just being established, but his bust was there. I must admit to being quite ‘choked up’ at the time. To me, Geoff was...

Absolutely wonderful.

Well worth the trip Marley! Not sure the glasshouse rivals Kew but it is a spectacular place (and has a waterfall)

Thanks! It's just an old Nikon D40 using manual settings. Some photos aren't too good as it was busy and I was rushing.

Self seeders - they germinated in June!

Sorry Freddy forgot they'd changed their name, about time too as more and more of us own motorhomes these days

An absolute Jem Kindredspirit. So much character,can’t wait to visit. Thanks for the heads up.

I used to live a couple of miles from Dewstow. I grew up around that area and my mother told me about the sunken gardens. She remembers seeing them being neglected and partially buried during the second world war. I spent hours as a child searching for a trace of those gardens, I was...

Homeacres open day Sept. 3rd 12-5pm - No Dig Organic GardeningDammit, this is on Sunday 3rd and I'm going to Somerset on Wed, will make a diary note for next year.