A Garden Visit

Thank you very much for taking us to this garden :)

oooooooooh its lovely, all those colours too, nice to go out and see someone else's garden i think, thank you for putting the photos on

reminds me a bit of sheilabub's garden

Thanks Katarina and Sticki - I had a lovely visit. Very inspiring, and encouraging to see someone else battling slugs and the weather!

Lovely borders, I agree! My QE is growing just like that too! Oh well, as someone once said 'We're all in it together' with the weather this year. It's been extremely dull and even foggy here today......sigh.

I know, Karen - every time we get a bit of sun, I think "Ah - here we go at last!" and then it disappears for a week!

Beautiful. A lot of hard work goes into a place like that.

It certainly does, Hywel - it was immaculate. All that, and running a nursery as well!

wow! what a beautiful garden. :o)

It ceratinly is, Oliveoil - lovely island beds, with beautiful plant combos.

Wonderful garden and photos. The dull weather could not hide those wonderful plants. That is what my garden looks like - in my head. Shame about the reality.

What a wonderful place, I'm not surprised you'll be going back. The hostas are amazing and not a slug hole in site. I lost all mine again this year! The clematis and roses are beautiful and I have just one Queen Elizabeth. Thanks for sharing this with us. I'm pleased it stayed fine for you.

Thanks, Rose. It looks as if we might have some sun today - here's hoping! (There were just a few little nibbles in the hostas, but nothing much, as you can see!)

What a lovely visit, Mel! We've been lucky this week with sunshine every day, and supper in the garden every evening . . . just want it to last a little longer, as we're off to the Suffolk coast for a couple of days :))

Wow, what a garden, thanks for sharing

Thanks Sheila - it was lovely. It stayed nice this afternoon, so I've had a good time pottering about outside. Enjoy Suffolk!

Glad you enjoyed it, Yorkshire :-)

Is that 'The Hawthorns', by any chance? If so, it's a favourite place of ours. We've had so many clematis from there and the owner won't sell you one that he doesn't think will do well in your particular gardening conditions. He gave me the species viticella years ago - he's always handing out 'freebies'. Unfortunately, last time we called, he was recovering from a heart attack and all was closed. Hope that is his place because it means he's back on his feet again. Might pop over and see how he is now.

Yes - Richard is on his feet again, and was out and about advising his visitors. The garden looked beautiful. My mother goes there more than I do, but I really enjoyed the visit, and intend going back there soon.

Thanks Mel. He's an inspirational chap and soooo knowledgeable and passionate about what he does. You cannot help wondering how on earth he keeps the garden so fabulous while at the same time running a nursery.

I know - it is amazing, isn't it? The first time I went to the nursery with Mum, about 12 years ago, he offered to show us the garden. Naturally, we were delighted to get a private tour. When I admired some little euphorbias - which he said were just like weeds - he pulled up a handful for me to put in my garden. They appear and disappear, but whenever I find them I think of him.

That's exactly what happened with us - a private tour of the amazing garden.

It's lovely to meet someone who loves his garden so much he wants to show it to everyone. I'm sure that is the motivation behind so much blogging, and it's one of the joys of being a gardener - wanting to share that love and awe. It's what makes reading blogs so compulsive, as well.