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Garden Visits 2018

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited May 2018
    Yesterday we went to an OG at the Chateau de Nesmy.   Talk about missed opportunities!  Long sweeping entrance with mown grass to the right and tall trees and partially mown grass to the left sweeping down to meadows and water.   On round to the old carriage house and stables and the potager - underwhelming - and then down thru woods to more water.   No planting of the woodland, just a recently mown path in parts.   Views up to the chateau which has a big wall supporting a flat terrace overlooking the water and woods.

    Not a flower in sight!  Just plain grass and tatty palm trees.  Even the two urns were empty.  Definitely a park and not a garden.

    Best to have Adblock Plus or similar installed to see these.

    http://s211.photobucket.com/user/Obelixx_be/library/1805 Chateau de Nesmy?sort=2&page=1  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • 1634 Racine1634 Racine Posts: 568
    Pashley Manor today for the fag end of the tulip festival. Shame a lot of the tulips have gone over but still a pleasant day out.


  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Lovely pictures everybody  B)
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I love Pashley Manor, have been several times in the past as my parents used to live near there.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • 1634 Racine1634 Racine Posts: 568
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    I love Pashley Manor, have been several times in the past as my parents used to live near there.


    It was nice today.  Not too busy but of course it was incredibly hot.  The temptation to jump into the swimming pool was almost too much :smile:
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Had a family picnic in the Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park (London) at the weekend. Forgot to take any pictures of the family and precious few of the plants, but here are a selection:
















    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Gorgeous LG.  I looked at a handkerchief tree at a recent plant fair.   Silly money!  I'll try and find a baby somewhere.  What's that second one?  I love the little bells.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    I don't know what it is, Obelixx! No label, and I rather hoped someone might tell me (@nutcutlet ?). The Davidia was rather tucked away - we were right next to it before we saw it but it was the best example I've ever seen. Perfect timing.
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Maybe a new thread to get Nut's attention?
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • 1634 Racine1634 Racine Posts: 568

    Lovely pics LG.  Those last two remind me of Augusta National Golf Course.

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