Dotty about Dottydaisy's NGS Open Day...
By floribunda
39 comments
On May 29th, My OH and I, fulfilled a long awaited promise to visit Dottydaisy’s very first NGS, Open Day, and so with google maps in tow, we set off to pick up Cinderella, en route, and arrived at Dottydaisy’s about 2.40pm, thanks to the navigational skills of our wonderful passenger.
Most folk have a tom tom, we had a Cinderella instead! lol.
The sky was quite grey, but rain-free, and there was a bit of a breeze, (Dottydaisy lives very near the Coast), and we arrived to find the garden overflowing with enthusiastic gardeners, and a wonderfully warm welcome from our hosts of the day, Dottydaisy and her OH, which certainly made up for the lack of sunshine.
We also met up with Shirleytulip and her lovely OH too, so it was a really nice get together with other Goyers, all of us meeting for the very first time.
Well, what can I say about the day?
Dottydaisy has a truly wonderful garden, and the hours of loving care that has gone into it, speaks volumes.
There are a number of wooden arches that lead you through the garden, and encourage you to pause and smell the fragrant climbers clothing them…They also add height and vertical structure..Many have decorative pots or stone faces, so make you smile, as you see them sitting amongst the climbers.
The arches also frame the views, displaying such wonderful planting combinations, that really work well together as a colour palette…
Pathways wander in gentle curves, leading you through the garden, and actually form a circuit, so you can follow these winding guides all the way around, navigating your way to see every part of the garden through various angles.
Curving borders are laden with plants, spilling over onto grassy edging, softening the look, as in so many great designs.
It is not an overly large garden, but so well thought out and cleverly designed, and the planting was a pure pleasure for anyone with a photographic passion…So I was indeed a happy bunny, snapping away at anything that caught my attention…
I know that Cinderella and Shirleytulip have both added blogs on our day out at Dottydaisy’s, so I will try and show you some different planting, and structures that caught my eye….
I hope that you enjoy…
I hope that you enjoyed these photos, and they give you an added taste of Dottydaisy’s stunning garden, to the ones that Cinders and Shirleytulip have already blogged…I have tried very hard not to repeat similar photos of the day.
May I thank Dottydaisy for allowing us to share her incredible garden, and congratulations on your first Open Day, it was a huge success, my friend.
Three tired, but very happy souls, drove back to Wiltshire, discussing a day well spent…And we even got to see the Sea!
A great day out, among friends, and we got treated to tea and a tour of Cinderella’s wonderful garden before we went home!
It just doesn’t get any better than that! \0/X
3 Jun, 2011
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You are so very welcome my friend. I am really glad that you enjoyed...Lovely to hear from you...\0/
3 Jun, 2011
What a beautiful garden, am very jealous!!! Love the lady's head as a planter and the blue seat....well love everything really lol
3 Jun, 2011
absolutely beautiful again!!
3 Jun, 2011
You have done a fabulous job of your blog Flori, quite a few angles that I missed. Enjoyed it very much, thank you. It was indeed a fabulous garden and afternoon out.
3 Jun, 2011
Thank you for showing us your lovely pics Floribunda! You all seem to have had a great day, pity I'm so far away! Oh well...! DD's garden is really beautiful! And you got to see Cinderella's garden as well...bonus!
3 Jun, 2011
like the other photos, complement the others beautifully. You clearly had a good time. Its lovely meeting up with fellow GoYers isnt it?
3 Jun, 2011
thanks for a great blog showing a stunning garden.:)
3 Jun, 2011
Thanks Flori, you have shown a smashing set of photo`s of what is obviously a much loved and well cared for garden.....
3 Jun, 2011
drool !!!!..:-))
3 Jun, 2011
Lovely blog, Flori, especially like pic no. 3. It was an afternoon to remember at Dottydaisys garden . . .
3 Jun, 2011
bin waiting 4 your blog flori ............. lovely !! seen the others as well , all gawjuss , really like the arches and the colours .............. wud have loved to go , but just a bit tooooo far . graet pics of all of you as well , nice to put fases to names hun .
you all looked so happy there !!great walk round ;0)))))
3 Jun, 2011
A beautiful garden,and we have been lucky enough to be able to see three different views of it..I'm sure you all managed to show us everthing, between you.Stunning pics ,Flori,and glad you had a great day out :o)
3 Jun, 2011
Thanks everyone for your comments, but I just took the pictures, Dd and her OH, had done all the hard work for us. It really was stunning, and any that can make her next open day, try and go, because it really is worth it, apart from meeting up with fellow Goyers as well. It really is like meeting old friends, It was the same at Spritz's last year, and Tet's this year..and Cinders really was the best navigator we have ever had...we said we could do with her permanently in the car with us!!
If Cinder's is happy about it, I will do you a blog on her wonderful garden too...
3 Jun, 2011
yes please flori ~ i was hoping we would get a peep!!
3 Jun, 2011
Yes please, Flori! :-)) Thanks for this blog - it shows different aspects of Dd's garden. Lovely. I wish I could get there, but it's just too far.
3 Jun, 2011
What a lovely blog Flori. I really enjoyed that. I love the pergola, and what about that beautiful tree with the golden leaves...stunning! I hear that gardeners have problems with the 'June Gap'.....mmm....no sign of that in any of my Goy friends' gardens!
3 Jun, 2011
you painted a lovely picture with the words...... and then I reached the pictures....... stunning .......
4 Jun, 2011
Wow!!! lost for words! Thanks Flori.
4 Jun, 2011
She has such a gorgeous garden, and you've put some lovely pictures up :) I especially love the shot with the wire bench in it, and the one of the pond/water feature. It seems like you had a wonderful day :)
4 Jun, 2011
Thank you Floribunda, I enjoyed your blog and photos very much. You have done DottyD proud, her garden is so beautiful and your description and photos endorse this.
4 Jun, 2011
Thanks Floribunda an extra addition to Shirley T`s blog extending the glimpse into DottyD`s beautiful garden.
4 Jun, 2011
Thanks everyone for all your great comments! It is tough when you have three people all doing a blog about the same garden, but I hope that we all have kept you stimulated, and between the three of us, you have got to see a lot of Dd's wonderful NGS Open Day...
As I have been asked, and I have had the okay from Cinderella, I will also add a blog on about her garden too. Look out for it...Hope that you enjoy! \0/x
5 Jun, 2011
As everyone says, its hard to choose what you like the best, but I do like the grasses by the birdbath! The rest is fabulous too and I do hope I get to take pictures as well as you Flori, when I get there!
5 Jun, 2011
Wow!! another great blog of a truely stunning garden...Thanks Flori
5 Jun, 2011
Hello again Flori! Another lovely blog, I have really enjoyed seeing all the photos of Dotty's garden.
6 Jun, 2011
Hi Flori, a great blog and wonderful photos too - almost as good as being there!
Thank you so much for sharing :-))
6 Jun, 2011
Hi Tet, Motinot, Annella and Muddy! So good to hear from you all..Am delighted that you have enjoyed this blog. I was so pleased that Dd's first Open Day was such a huge success...I wish that you all could have been there...Glad that you enjoyed the photos! If you haven't already, check out Cinderella's and Shirleytulips blogs as we were all there on the same day...We tried hard not to duplicate too many for you...Great feedback as always, you lot are such a joy to me...\0/X
8 Jun, 2011
Beautiful photos Flori. thank you for showing us Dd's wonderful garden , what a treat to be able to visit it with friends and family.. A brilliant day out plus we mustn,t forget those yummy cakes :o))
8 Jun, 2011
Those cakes were quite something, Amy...lol..Meeting up with fellow Goyers is just like meeting up with old friends...We were blessed to enjoy the great company of Cinders, Shirleytulip and her lovely OH, and Dd and her family...The gorgeous garden was just another wonderful attraction...Was worth all the miles to get there, and would definitely go again...\0/X
8 Jun, 2011
It would of been so nice to of been there. Glad everyone had such a great time
8 Jun, 2011
Fab pics, you must have a really good camera. Love the covered area in the first pic. Wonder if I have space for something similar in my small cottage garden?
9 Jun, 2011
Do you have gardens to visit in Nova Scotia Pondlady?
9 Jun, 2011
I just wish some of you would come and help me to design my garden - I know when I've got bits right, but am no good at seeing how it should be in advance. Your gardens all leave me gobsmacked.
9 Jun, 2011
lovely blog on dottys garen flori, beautifull pictures and reading, have seen shirleys and you all looked lovely, so glad it was an enjoyable day, must see cinders version now lol :o)) x
12 Jun, 2011
You arent alone Steragram, we all feel like that about each others! We all wish we had done something differently. Gardens are always evolving, little things change in life and bingo! the garden changes. Mind you there are a fair few of us who sympathise with the "not so young" bit and are extremely grateful for long suffering Other Halves!
12 Jun, 2011
My OH does mow the lawns and cut the hedges - and we have quite a lot of hedge so I'm very grateful. But he has never even tried to grow anything...
16 Jun, 2011
See here I am at last \0/ Love the pics, verbal and visual. I always find it exciting when looking through something, at something, if you know what I mean. I love the fourth one down, I had to take my r. frisia out as it got too big, but I do love them. You could have used me as your navigator....I'm only just around the corner.....you could have taken the scenic route:-)
18 Jun, 2011
Sounds like a fantastic time you all had!!!! It's lovely that you all know each other in real life too as well as on GoY, I feel quite left out sometimes!
Your pictures are fantastic as always Flori, and congratulations to Dottydaisy for providing material to shoot... :o)
31 Jul, 2011
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oh it looks so lovely ~ i definitely missed out ~ not going to that one ~ there are more and more GoYers meeting up! i can nearly smell those roses ~ lovely blog ~ thanks flori.
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