Here is the NGS garden we visited today, 1 1/4 acres, near Dereham. It was like a mini Bressingham with island beds and lots of perennials. There was a wooded bit too which has snowdrops and daffodils in the spring and cyclamen in the autumn.
This was like a dry river bed with pitcher plants, the light green ones in the middle.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I thought I would give some detail of our trip to Scotland I will try to put more on the thread but as I took my "proper camera" all the pictures will need resizing & I don't know how to do it in bulk. Edit to add, this was a trip organised by the Gardening charity Perennial as part of their fundraising.
Anyway we went to 6 gardens in total all very different. We went to Gordon Castle, this had an 8 acre walled garden which was derelict 4 years ago. Then to Airdlin Croft a private garden with a large collection of Hostas, and seed grown hardy plants. Next Day was Logie Steading and Cawdor Castle with 3 different gardens the oldest laid out in 1710. Last day was the Beechgrove garden, which is not open to the public. We were told by Head gardener Mairi, that the garden exists solely to make the programme. Carole Baxter (one of the lead presenters) is a Patron of Perennial & that is how we were able to visit. It was on a very anonymous site, if you didn't know it was there you wouldn't find. The programme has been going 43 years and the current site was an old tree nursery. Last stop was Dounside House which runs as a charitable trust, and is very active in education and community projects.
Except for Beechgrove and Airdlin Croft (limited NGS opening) they are open to the public and are well worth checking out if you are ever up North.
Some pics from the Phone, haven't downloaded my proper camera pics yet.
First Garden visit since Covid! Ashton Gardens in Salt Lake City Utah.. “Your oasis in the desert”. Well worth a visit if you are in the area, it is extremely lovely and well kept.
I was most interested in the Lego sculptures, but they had many beautiful plantings and views. Unfortunately the waterfall feature was devoid of water, on account of the drought.. but the creek and ponds were still full.
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This was like a dry river bed with pitcher plants, the light green ones in the middle.
Edit to add, this was a trip organised by the Gardening charity Perennial as part of their fundraising.
Anyway we went to 6 gardens in total all very different. We went to Gordon Castle, this had an 8 acre walled garden which was derelict 4 years ago. Then to Airdlin Croft a private garden with a large collection of Hostas, and seed grown hardy plants.
Next Day was Logie Steading and Cawdor Castle with 3 different gardens the oldest laid out in 1710.
Last day was the Beechgrove garden, which is not open to the public. We were told by Head gardener Mairi, that the garden exists solely to make the programme. Carole Baxter (one of the lead presenters) is a Patron of Perennial & that is how we were able to visit. It was on a very anonymous site, if you didn't know it was there you wouldn't find. The programme has been going 43 years and the current site was an old tree nursery.
Last stop was Dounside House which runs as a charitable trust, and is very active in education and community projects.
Except for Beechgrove and Airdlin Croft (limited NGS opening) they are open to the public and are well worth checking out if you are ever up North.
Some pics from the Phone, haven't downloaded my proper camera pics yet.
Logie Steading.
Cawdor Castle.