WINTERBOURNE BOTANIC GARDEN. EGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM.

A lovely place to visit B.A the house and gardens are stunning and the planting so soft and mellow. I think I like the Bog Gardens best so natural and tranqiul and I love your purcashes, you had quite a spending spree, BA if you do go again make sure you take your purse lol

You did have a good trip , didn't you all , Ba ?
I will tell my sister about it , and might manage to get there myself , next time I'm that way .
Lovely pictures .

What a lovely place to visit Ba.....see what you mean about the dovecote :0)

The plants look well tended, are they labelled too, it helps with 'plant name overload!'

I love the gardening apron, I could make one of those........

What a beautiful place - I can't believe you missed the remaining 1220, tsk tsk ;)
The bog gardens are wonderful and those trees lined up in front of the house, it amazes me how people have the foresight to see such marvels. Thanks for sharing your day trip with us.

Such an interesting place with so much to see. I enjoyed looking at the cacti ... lol well that's how I am :o)
And an arts and crafts house too - sounds like heaven ! :o)

Thanks Carole, it was lovely. It's strange how you miss what's almost on your doorstep isn't it. I think I'd better leave my purse at home next time though:-))

Thanks, You should go Driad, it's certainly worth a visit or two:-)

Hi Pam, I didn't notice the dovecotes expression until I down loaded the pics ... he looked horrified ... I did have on a rather garish top lol. Some of the plants were named, and, obviously those in the greenhouses were labelled, but many weren't. They had cat mint (nepeta) everywhere and it looked lovely especially in contrast with the acid yellow flowers of the euphorbia. My pics seem a bit dull to me, whereas there the colours zinged. B.A. Enterprises has the patent for that apron so you'd better not think of copying .......:-))))

Thanks Scottish, I'd never even heard of Winterbourne House etc until I booked the trip. We take our own lovely places for granted I think. Before visiting here we went to the Barber Institute, also owned by the Uni, it has a fine art collection, hadn't heard of that either:-))

Thanks Hywel, whenever I see Cacti now I think of you. As I was taking the pics I said to my friend, Hywel would like these ..... She had no idea who I was talking about:-))) I'm definitely going back to see the house properly too. I can even get there by bus:-)

Does look a lovely place, lovely photos and you had the weather too :))

Have you never been either Jane? I didn't know of its existence. We also visited the Barber Institute and while there heard singers rehearsing for The Marriage of Figaro and we booked tickets for the performance which is next week. I'm becoming right gadabout:-))

No I've never been although I think I've heard of them, I don't blame you becoming a gadabout lol, you've got to enjoy yourself ;)) I'm looking forward to Gardeners World live going next Friday, hope I find some nice purchases, oh and I've had an email saying its being televised this year :))

I may be going on the Sunday, Figaro on Friday. After feeling somewhat disappointed last year I decided not to go again, but .....:-)

Hope you enjoy both if you do, I know what you mean but we do enjoy the day out aswell don't we, its still nice to go :))

Yes indeedy:-))