We visited Bodnant Gardens in Conway at the beginning of June to try to catch the Laburnum arch, we normally miss it every other year! (embarrassing as we live so near)
Anyway, we visited about two weeks before it was at it's best, but I still think it was beautiful nonetheless.
However, the guy in the pic - decided to walk down the arch after he had taken his photo, to ruin everyone else's. The is always one idiot I suppose.
It is a beautiful place Dovefromabove, and the few plants I have bought from them have all grown and lasted - which is a first for garden center buys around here!
I was annoyed as we had waited our turn patiently to get the photo, so that I could have it enlarged and framed. Obviously, the gentleman - and I use the term very loosely, did not have the same manners as everyone else!
They have recently opened the Yew Walk little- ann, which features a dell and is extremely enchanting.
I recently visited Leighton Hall but went mid afternoon which didn't leave enough time to go on the woodland walk as I opted to see the garden close to the house and watch the falcon/bird of prey display so I could go on the last house tour of the day. Leighton Hall is in the 2 for 1 GW guide. Very visitor friendly, the lady doing the house tours actually lives in one of the wings of the home
Visited Sussex Prairie Gardens at the end of August. Stunning garden with pathways through the swathes of flowers and grasses, really close up experience.
Planting was repeated with different grasses, Veronicastrums, Thaictrums, Persicaris, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Helechrysum, Helenium, Erigeron, Meadow Sage. Different varieties of Miscanthus, Panicums, Asters...many more perennials..
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We visited Bodnant Gardens in Conway at the beginning of June to try to catch the Laburnum arch, we normally miss it every other year! (embarrassing as we live so near)
Anyway, we visited about two weeks before it was at it's best, but I still think it was beautiful nonetheless.
However, the guy in the pic - decided to walk down the arch after he had taken his photo, to ruin everyone else's. The is always one idiot I suppose.
Lovely laburnum walk - and (speaking as an artist) I think that figure in the distance gives the picture a good sense of scale
A good friend lived and worked for several years at Bodnant and is staying there at the moment - lucky her!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
on escape to the country yesterday jules went to bodnant and was shown part of the garden just newly opened to the public
perhaps a few days holiday in the spring is called for it looks fabulous
It is a beautiful place Dovefromabove, and the few plants I have bought from them have all grown and lasted - which is a first for garden center buys around here!
I was annoyed as we had waited our turn patiently to get the photo, so that I could have it enlarged and framed. Obviously, the gentleman - and I use the term very loosely, did not have the same manners as everyone else!
They have recently opened the Yew Walk little- ann, which features a dell and is extremely enchanting.
we had a couple of days in Yorkshire and visited the walled garden at Helmsley
Mrs T 12, as another artist, I'm afraid I agree with Dove; that chap in the distance gives the walk some sense of the scale of it.
Little Ann, love that veg garden
Wonderful laburnum arch - never seen anything quite like that before
Thanks for the links little-ann.
I recently visited Leighton Hall but went mid afternoon which didn't leave enough time to go on the woodland walk as I opted to see the garden close to the house and watch the falcon/bird of prey display so I could go on the last house tour of the day. Leighton Hall is in the 2 for 1 GW guide. Very visitor friendly, the lady doing the house tours actually lives in one of the wings of the home
Visited Sussex Prairie Gardens at the end of August. Stunning garden with pathways through the swathes of flowers and grasses, really close up experience.
Planting was repeated with different grasses, Veronicastrums, Thaictrums, Persicaris, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Helechrysum, Helenium, Erigeron, Meadow Sage. Different varieties of Miscanthus, Panicums, Asters...many more perennials..