When I have a poor Internet signal I can't see the photos when too many are posted at once, so maybe that's why there is a limit. Better to do several posts with fewer photos for those with slow Internet.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Lovely. My net connection is often too slow to load lots of individual photos. Great to see all the pics of Rosemoor as it's unlikely I'll get there in the foreseeable.
Haven't been to Bressingham for 30 years so really good to see it is evolving so well.
Wyken hall looks good too but I hope they don't get box blight.
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)."
Went to visit two local gardens belonging to members of the Vendée gardening club on Friday. The first is owned by a vet who considers herself lucky if she can get her OH to cut the grass. Like last Sunday's first garden it's another case of beautiful and interesting plants but low maintenance on the weeding and pruning and general after care but she is time poor. She has some fine trees and shrubs and fruit trees including a pomegranate and several crab apples plus pears and apples, rambling and shrub roses and some interesting perennials and the biggest, most colourful phytolacca I've ever seen.
The second garden was started in 1983 when this couple, now retired, moved in. They are both artistic with her doing mosaics and him doing sculptures with found wood and metal but he has also learned to weld and made arbours and pergolas and a greenhouse, all from found or donated metal and glass. He has a collection of salvias in a wide range of colours and hangs epiphyte ferns from a fig tree.
There is a magnificent tree house but, most of all, the plants are varied and beautiful.
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Seems like you can only load so many then I couldn't write anything on the end. Don't know why some have gone sideways.
Last few.
They are lovely Fritillary.
When I have a poor Internet signal I can't see the photos when too many are posted at once, so maybe that's why there is a limit. Better to do several posts with fewer photos for those with slow Internet.
Thank you BL.
For me, it was the highlight of my holiday, and the weather was perfect.
When my sister came last week we visited another Norfolk garden, Gooderstone Water Gardens. Saw a kingfisher there.
Then the next day we went to Wyken Hall, but it tipped with rain, so the garden was a bit of a rushed visit.
Amazing gardens and photos. The gardens look so lush. Such a difference from what we have here.
Lovely. My net connection is often too slow to load lots of individual photos. Great to see all the pics of Rosemoor as it's unlikely I'll get there in the foreseeable.
Haven't been to Bressingham for 30 years so really good to see it is evolving so well.
Wyken hall looks good too but I hope they don't get box blight.
Went to visit two local gardens belonging to members of the Vendée gardening club on Friday. The first is owned by a vet who considers herself lucky if she can get her OH to cut the grass. Like last Sunday's first garden it's another case of beautiful and interesting plants but low maintenance on the weeding and pruning and general after care but she is time poor. She has some fine trees and shrubs and fruit trees including a pomegranate and several crab apples plus pears and apples, rambling and shrub roses and some interesting perennials and the biggest, most colourful phytolacca I've ever seen.
The second garden was started in 1983 when this couple, now retired, moved in. They are both artistic with her doing mosaics and him doing sculptures with found wood and metal but he has also learned to weld and made arbours and pergolas and a greenhouse, all from found or donated metal and glass. He has a collection of salvias in a wide range of colours and hangs epiphyte ferns from a fig tree.
There is a magnificent tree house but, most of all, the plants are varied and beautiful.
More pics in the Vendée gardens thread - http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/the-potting-shed/garden-visits---asphodele-group-vendee/1005596.html
Thanks for the link, Obelixx.