Louis' Open Garden 20.08.11

What a super blog Annella, and how lovely to be with GoY friends too. Gorgeous gardens.

Brilliant agree with Cinderella, what beautiful gardens.

lovely gardens, what is the secret of the hostas??

I would love to know too Sticky. Mine were very good until now, but are now looking the worse for wear. Great blog and lovely gardens too.

im sure mine were a bit better last year but this year one or two are virtually shredded!!!

Lovely blog Annella, love Louis' garden and the other two gardens looked good too and how nice that you met with Marie, this is such a lovely website:)

are they by any chance in pots , i think i cud just spy one there .............. lovely pics as well ......... and very nice to see you both !!! ;0))

lovely gardens..so neat and tidy.pleased you all got to meet .:o)

What a fantastic garden, I to love hostas and mine have been a bit indifferent this year.

Louis has a wonderful garden ...
... nice that GoY friends met up :o)

Thanks TT. Is there a category on GOY for open gardens or Goyers?

The Hostas were perfect and Cristina is right they were all in pots closely placed together. I think they must slug hunt every night!

Thank you Anne for your nice comments on our gardens and this blog. I would also like to thank you and Marie for visiting our gardens, it was very nice meeting a couple of GOY members in person. I am most pleased that you both enjoyed your day.
I would also like to thank all you ladies for your comments too.
Thank you once again and God Bless .... :-)

Your garden was lovely Louis, I just wish I had taken more photos of it (You were far too charming and distracted me!) I know lots of other GOYERS would have loved to be able to visit ;0))

Thanks for posting the photos Annella - Louis again congratulations to you fro having such a wonderful garden that you share generously with others, and yes Annella I would love to visit.

Thanks Annella for sharing your visit with us, they are smashing gardens, I`m pleased you both enjoyed your day...

Oh what stunning gardens - and those hostas, amazing. Lovely pics Annella.

I enjoyed your blog Annella. Isnt Louis jungle amazing. Pleased you had a good day with Marie.

I would love to visit too...what an amazing pair of gardens and imagine....a Taverna at the bottom of your garden...ooh, I'm getting ideas! ;)) I'm not surprised you ended up there Annie and Marie! The Hostas completely fooled me though, I never suspected pots...I wonder what is there through the winter. I sometimes wonder what these tropical style gardens are like in the winter...they are so beautiful and lush, but I would hate to have a bare garden for 8 months of the year....and it would be 8 months up here of course. Lovely to visit though, thanks for taking the photos! xx loved the apples!

I didn't mention the poly tunnel come green house at the bottom of the second garden where they were selling amazing tropical plants for £5.00! And Karen there were a lot of plants and trees in there that look tropical but would be hardy, a very clever garden. Marie and I fell in love with it although it's really not our sort of garden style. The overhanging trees were Robinia one of my favourites and I'm sure the Palms do well overwinter in such an enclosed space.
Ps I bought a beautiful Chain fern for £3.00 and Marie had a good spend too.

Just beautiful,Annella,and lovely to see three more Goyers too..so nice to put a face to the names..I love the Taverna in Louis's garden and the colourful wall is great..Glad you all had alovely day out..:o)

What beautiful lush gardens!

Thanks again Anne, you can always come around again during the week sometime to have a further look, now that you know where my garden is.

I'm sorting out the greenhouse already, ready for the cold weather.........What a thought, but we have to be one step ahead, hey!!!!! :-)
I'm off to Kettering now, to do a big garden, can't wait to get my hands on that !!!

Take Care and Thanks Again :-)

Super pics Ann - the gardens were great weren't they - especially the 2nd one which was just like a tropical jungle in parts with uch lush plants - how on earth do they do it ?

So nice to have met someone else with the same interest and who I get on so well with - just shows what a good site GOY is and what good friends you can meet.

Great gardens. Thanks for putting the pictures on here Annella. Have added to favourites so that I can look at them again over winter (always need something to cheer me up then).

Just catching up with the blogs, loved the photos of all the gardens, and to raise so much money is excellent, thanks Annella.

Just came across this too, lovely pics and that jungle garden looks imaculate!

Daylily my photos on a dull day do not do the gardens justice, they were both lovely

Wow, lucky you...I would have sat quietly on the back seat...you would hardly know I was there...still..not to be sigh....:-( I can only imagine the hard work that's gone into Louis' garden....feel tired just thinking about..so perfect:-)

It was lovely BA, you are not a million miles away from me so lets get organized next year and I will pick you up x

Lol Annella maybe not a million miles, but quite a diversion:-))