Despite being one of the wettest July’s on record it hardly rained at all for our visit to Bourton House near Moreton-in-Marsh! Club members and guests as always came prepared and determined to enjoy the visit whatever the weather. Although it’s a fairly compact garden the borders were packed with wonderful planting. The hot colours […]
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Despite the torrential rain, odd flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder nearly all those booked on our first “summer” trip of the year braved the elements. After a slightly soggy sit down for tea and cake, in the hope conditions would improve, we set off around the beautiful grounds of Broughton Grange. It is […]
After a great visit, but not great weather for our first visit as a Club post lockdown (to 6,Canon Price Road, Barford – well worth a trip on a fine day!) we were blessed with a perfect evening for our private visit to Admington Hall near Shipston. A beautiful garden with lots of interest and […]
Lets hope the rain stays away and we can get out to see Snowdrops blooming in a couple of weeks time. Snowdrops, also called Milk Flowers, Dingle-Dangles (yes really!) Candlemas Bells, February Fair Maids and White Ladies are not, as you may have thought, British natives. They originally came from Europe and South West Asia, […]
What a treat our Club visit for June to Hardwick Hill House was: An absolutely inspirational gardens in a wonderful parkland setting, with views for miles. A real plants person’s garden with a fabulous long border, interesting and unusual plants and excellent tea and cakes! It felt like a privilege to wander round this lovely […]
Its Chelsea time again and its fairly easy to think you’ve seen it all before, with the endless shots of beautiful roses and interviews with some of the ‘usual suspects’. If you look carefully though there are fashions in gardening just like in interior design and clothing and this year is no exception. Those in […]
As we move into February and spring is just around the corner (yes really!) there are lots of places to see snowdrops; from National Trust Properties (such as Baddesley Clinton or Painswick Rococco Gardens in the Cotswolds) to the National Garden Scheme (NGS) “Festival of Snowdrops”. So wrap up warm, get the walking shoes on […]
Our June visit to Adderbury was, once again blessed with lovely weather and a good turn out of members enjoyed the late evening sun and cake and drinks in this small, but beautiful garden. Our knowledgeable host Dr White also showed us his party piece with his Dictamnus plants, the ‘Burning bush’. These plants produce […]
I am sure that those of you who went to the Spring House in Chipping Warden on Monday would agree that it was an excellent visit: generous hosts, a beautiful evening, an interesting garden and a scrumptious spread laid on by the ladies from Chipping Warden Church. The bog garden was particularly lovely at this […]
According to legend snowdrops are a symbol of hope because when Adam and Eve were expelled from Eden and were giving up hope that winter would ever end, an angel appeared and transformed snowflakes into snowdrops. A mass of snowdrops is always a spectacle as well as a sure sign spring is on its way. […]