In Minature

What a lovely garden. The railway set up is brilliant.

I must say I would be more interested in the garden than the train lol, although it must be nice to see it going around in between all the plants :)
Interesting to see those miniature trees ...

Beautiful

Fantastic! So this could be a new creative partnership for you and OH then?! ;)

Wow, isn't that really something! Talk about a labour of love! And great that looking at the railway still had something to interest both of you.

Karen, no way is OH going to invade MY garden with a train set.
Marjory, the plot was about 300sq metre and several trains going round the tracks at the same time. It was quite complicated, although like Hywel, I was more interested in the living scenery. The bonsai trees were super.

Lol! ;) it would be like me turning over MY garden to a crazy golf course!

Beautiful garden I think the trains are a great idea I love trains I know a lot of men here would be envious of this. Glad you had an enjoyable day on holiday here.

It's stunning isn't it? Inspiration for anyone with a small garden - minus the trains probably!

Good heavens, never seen anything like it before.......a labour of love indeed......I am sure OH was as happy as Larry!!

Amazing display. Love the trains & the garden in miniature

Thanks 3pb
Honeysuckle, I think the bonsai is perfect for a small garden, but I don't see how the trees can be root pruned without digging them out of the ground.
Thanks Dd, OH really enjoyed the model, better still we had a trip on a real preserved steam train earlier in the week. He was in his element then.

Wow its spectacular, I love the little trees, a lot of care and attention to detail must go into maintaining this garden, thankyou for sharing Siris...

Karen, did you say Crazy Golf, just to niggle OH? I say Train Set instead of Model Railway to wind my OH up!!!

absolutely brilliant. that is when 2 souls meet in perfect harmony.

thank you for sharing this lovely garden.

Love this garden - brilliant to keep everything so mini! Where in France is it, please Siris? I could try to get there next year . . .

Sheila, its called Le Jardin Ferroviaire at Chatte, near Valence. www.jardin-ferroviaire.com

Many thanks for the link, Siris, I'll look it up. I'm determined that we'll manage a few days in France before too long: we need a holiday!

Added to favourites :)

Beware the opening hours, Sheila. Our info said open all day, but outside holiday season was only open the afternoons.

Thanks for that, Siris.

It's difficult finding really tiny plants. I know because I have a miniature garden. When it was first set up we used to travel to a Devon nursery just to buy miniature plants. It sold Bonsais and lots of Alpine plants, guaranteed not to grow to a large size.
When the nursery closed I was really upset!
I still have the miniature garden but the little house has become somewhat dilapidated over the years and the plants in it become large in spite of constant trimming.
Even Bonsai trees are too large.

(If you're reading this, Hywel, you might be interested to learn that the stones for the cottage came from the Gwrhyd Mountain, opposite the Chapel!)

Your miniature garden sounds great, Eirlys . . . any chance of showing us with a photo or two? I can imagine your distress when the special nursery closed.

Sometimes plants seem to be labelled when someone has their fingers crossed - for example, my "Dwarf Robinia pseudo-acacia" is now 20ft high!