Beth Chatto's Gardens

And then when we had finished we called in at the cafe?Restaurant and had a nice lunch...


And this was the view that we got through the window as we were eating our lunch...


Hope you enjoyed the gardens and sorry if there are any blurred photo's but my hand was getting quiet painful and I was struggling to get some decent shots....

 

Wow..nice..very nice. Looks like you nearly had the place to yourselves.
Some amazing plants to see. Thanks for sharing them
robert

 

Thanks Robert.We got there just as it was opening so to begin with there wasn't many people but because it was a cracking day weather wise it soon filled up,plus it was a week day which helped and I also managed to get some of the photo's as the visitors went out of shot behind trees.:D

He website showed the entrance fee to the garden as £2.50 each but the prices had gone up to £5 each which we felt was still good value as we were there for four hours.She is also opening more days than was advertised last year.:thmb:

The only downside was there wasn't as many plants for sale in the nursery bit although there were loads in an area closed off to the public which I suspect is for the mail order side of the buisness.A great day out though and we would like to go back at another time of the year

 

"The only downside was there wasn't as many plants for sale in the nursery bit although there were loads in an area closed off to the public"

When I've wanted something [at Beth Chato's] that wasn't in the garden centre they have gone off to have a look and invariable found it for me

They didn't have a Thalia dealbata that I wanted though :(

 

kandy very nice, like the pond and you got some lovely plants and flowers, my friend would of been taking cuttings from some of them hehe, see mr kandys enjoying his birthday day out his camera at the ready.
my friend and i are going to sunderland wild garden centre one day soon so hope i get as many pics as you got.
thanks for sharing

 

Oh Kandy you have manage to take some really lovely pictures.

My favourite ones (other than the ones showing the birthday boy posing really sweetly) are the little tracks through the woods with the flowers and forna they look like paintings!

Well done you have a very good eye sweetie. :luv: Hel.xxx.

 

Looks like my sort of place Kandy.

It looks deserted there! Did you pick a quiet day?

 

Hi everyone,Thanks for the lovely comments:thmb: Sorry Kristen didn't realise you had commented on page 1:o I have had a look at your photo's as I think it is nice to see things at at different time of the year:thumb: There wasn't anyone about to ask about any plants when we got to the nursery as they were either working in the grwoing section or were round the garden weeding the beds.Hops you manage to get the plant you want in the end

Shiney,have you been to see the gardens since your visit that time?You will have seen how much it has come on in the forty years since she started on the gardens.It was a shame that her husband was unwell at the time but I think he did what he could and enjoyed the gardens as well