An English Country Garden
By stickitoffee
23 comments
We visited ‘Hidcote Manor’ in the vale of Evesham, Worcestershire on Sunday, it was a warm sunny day and the colours shone like jewels; here is a little taster:
starting out with the sheep in the meadow viewed from the car park:
walk through the honey coloured cotswold stone walls and into the first area of the garden:
i did stay here a while and took more than a few photos:
under the shade of a magnificent old cedar tree were multitudes of tulips:
it seemed every where you looked was another view of jewelled colour:
so many colours!
but these were possibly my favourite; hidcote had successfully propagated these for the first time last year [i bought one as a real treat]
i love the detail and contrast within a magnolia:
there are many areas to this garden including a rock area, kitchen garden, glasshouse, stream and more besides; i have been here several times [usually during june or july] but never have i seen such colours:
another border of tulips but with the robin on the grass; hidcote is out in the country and the air is filled with birdsong.
the red border is striking; once the tulips are out it will be replaced by other red plants.
i dont think i have shown you even half of the garden but i hope you enjoyed its most colourful borders; its definitely worth a visit if you can make it. im not sure how long the tulips will be in flower ~ may be worth ringing first to check?
18 Apr, 2011
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What a wonderful garden, just love trhat Cedar tree with all the colourful planting Magic! just wish it was nearer to where we live!
18 Apr, 2011
Lovely, i would have definately not been able to resist buying that plant :^)
18 Apr, 2011
you're welcome stroller - i would go soon if i were you - im not sure how long the tulips will last, they were such a highlight, i wouldnt want you to miss those - they made all the difference
18 Apr, 2011
there may be some more pictures online PP - its a national trust property.
it cost more than i expected daylily but it is lovely; i have 2 yellow erithroniums and they seem quite happy so i didnt mind quite so much.
18 Apr, 2011
Oh Sticki!! I'm sooo jealous of you, your pics are just gorgeous, and to be able to just up and go to visit Hidcote...gosh, just heaven.
19 Apr, 2011
Amazing place, Sticki.....I have never seen such a dramatic cedar tree and the gardens are spectacular. We have nothing like that here.
19 Apr, 2011
incredible pictures - beautiful gardens - and that tree - I'd love that one in the garden !!!!
19 Apr, 2011
That was really beautiful :) I'm glad you went and took so many photos. I think spring is the most colourful of all the seasons.
19 Apr, 2011
Wonderful set of pics.. looks a peaceful, pretty place :o)
19 Apr, 2011
many thanks everyone, it is a lovely garden but this is the best i have ever seen it. certainly worth a visit.
19 Apr, 2011
Great photo's- particularly like the ones with the big cedar tree in, never seen a cedar so big! The tulips are really making a show now aren't they, just lovely. :-)
19 Apr, 2011
i love cedar trees, partly because i went to a school called 'the cedars' when i was younger ~ it sounds like a private school but it wasnt.
19 Apr, 2011
It looks beautiful sticki :)
19 Apr, 2011
what a lovely place it looks Stick , so much colour..i would have bought the plant too.:o)
19 Apr, 2011
i dont remember them from my childhood ~ are they a new plant here?
they have extended the restaurant/cafe now so yes jennyfer and joanella its a really nice place
19 Apr, 2011
I do like Hidcote and usually try and have a day out there every year. Thanks for the pictures from your visit
19 Apr, 2011
:-) very welcome
19 Apr, 2011
loved it sticki................ just lovely !!!
19 Apr, 2011
Love the second photo with the thatched cottage ... so many Tulips to see ... I'd have taken lots of photos too! Pleased you had a lovely time there. : o )
20 Apr, 2011
thanks shirley
20 Apr, 2011
Just found this lovely blog after browsing through your writings and pics, the red border was my favourite when we went, though it was much later in the year. Looked amazing.
Did you see any rose bushes? We were puzzled by the complete lack of them on our visit.
23 Apr, 2011
there were some rose bushes but too early for them so i didnt really notice
we had only been later in the year before and altho i liked it i wondered why people thought it was so wonderful ~ this time however i could see why ~ must be a spring garden?
have you been to david austin roses? its a lovely trip and not too far.
23 Apr, 2011
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I really will make the effort to get there this year its no more than a stones throw from us, thanks for the reminder StickyT.
18 Apr, 2011