The gardens were quite busy and to get these photos I often had to wait a good 10 mins for an elderly person to slowly shuffle out of view .
It was a scorching hot day and Im glad upon arrival I'd changed out of my motorbiking gear and into shorts and T-shirt. I'd had to nip into the grassed overflow car park to change out of view of anyone as the toilet block was tiny and offered little room to do so.
Picnics are not allowed in the gardens but there is a cafe to use. But I noticed lots of people had brough their own food and had nipped back to their cars to eat.
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Mediterranean Garden
Ornamental Kitchen Garden..
Fabulous. Lots of lovely TV moment memories in there.
Then I went over to the Allotment area..
Victorian composts
On the opposite side of the path is the Fruit Orchard
The Parterre Garden..
The Formal Pool and Knot Garden..
The gardens were quite busy and to get these photos I often had to wait a good 10 mins for an elderly person to slowly shuffle out of view
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It was a scorching hot day and Im glad upon arrival I'd changed out of my motorbiking gear and into shorts and T-shirt. I'd had to nip into the grassed overflow car park to change out of view of anyone as the toilet block was tiny and offered little room to do so.
Picnics are not allowed in the gardens but there is a cafe to use. But I noticed lots of people had brough their own food and had nipped back to their cars to eat.
More photos to follow.....
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Hi Lead Farmer your photos are super much better than ones I took last year.
My wife and I visited a bit later than you so the gardens were looking well established.
Like you Geoff inspired me back in the day and to see how Nic and the team are preserving
it all and indeed moving it forward is great.
After seeing your photos I think another visit is looming for us.
Ps hope the bike performs well for you.
I was served by Nic in the nursery shop, where I bought one of Geoff Hamiltons DVD's.
As for my bike, it's a BMW R1200GSA I absolutely love riding it.
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