I went to Dove Cottage Garden near Halifax yesterday. It has a very good nursery which was rather busy, with the small car park being rather crowded, but nobody went into the garden while I was there! Coincidentally, it was shown on the Great British Garden Revival on the Together channel on the same day - it had Carol Klein drooling! I came away with a number of perennials.
While staying with family near York last week, we paid a visit to "Breezy Knees" - as described on the previous page. It's quite a new garden - shelter belt planted in the 1990s, but garden proper started in 2006 - but you wouldn't know it because it seems quite established, with lots of interest. The path leading to the garden "proper" is planted with a varied selection of rabbit-proof plants because they claim to hold the national collection of rabbits! Then there's a deer - and - rabbit fence, and inside that, individual areas are rabbit fenced. There's also a pretty good cafe... cake recommended.
Plenty of colour, and not just in the "September garden"
The "Hedge Henge" is fun!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Funnily enough I was thinking about Breezy Knees today - l bought a helianthus Capenoch Star from there a few years ago, and it's putting on a lovely show. Must admit l did love Breezy Knees, and what a great name for a garden !
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http://dovecottagenursery.co.uk/
Garden open 1st June to 30th Sept.
Wednesday to Sunday and Bank holidays.
10am-5pm
Details on link:
http://dovecottagenursery.co.uk/
Plenty of colour, and not just in the "September garden"
The "Hedge Henge" is fun!