These gardens are grade 1 listed being a very early example of garden rooms. We first visited them in February and decided then to return when they were in full bloom. The greenhouse seen in some of these pictures is a modern replacement for her earlier condemned structures.
The walled garden as well as being a kitchen garden which would have originally supplied the house is also full of cutting flowers.
1. The sweet peas this year seem to be slow to get going but what are there are beautiful.
2. I particularly like these dappled ones.
3. The alliums must have been spectacular but the seed heads still give a good show.
4. There were a number of these deep red poppies still sprinkled with rain drops from a previous rain shower.
5. A view from the other direction looks across to the house.
It's one of those gardens where you could see something different every time you come.
I've always wanted a walled garden - ah sweet peas; so far this year, mine are doing well I should get flowers. Oh a double purple poppy!!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't plant any sweet peas this year and am now regretting that decision. That garden looks very interesting but huge ... is it possible to see it all in one visit?
ReplyDeleteWe arrived at 12 and had a picnic lunch and were then slightly delayed by a heavy shower of rain. We didn’t go round the arboretum or the house so you may want to get there as it opens to see everything.
DeleteThat looks a good place to visit Maggie, I love alum heads, they are so sculptural. I have never seen red poppies like these, it looked like a red cabbage head on first glance, the ornamental sort you see in flower arrangements. Thank you for sharing your photos in this months challenge, and the gate is a lovely invitation to walk through.
ReplyDeleteFinally catching up with blogs after vacation. I, too, loved walled gardens. You don't see many here, but George Eastman has one at his mansion which is lovely. The layered poppy is just gorgeous!
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