Visiting the snowdrops at Rode Hall

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5th March 2010 snowdrop walk

It is a lovely garden, we live only about 5 miles away.
We try to go on the snowdrop walk every year.This year it was lovely as sometimes when we go they are nearly over but this time they were in there prime.

This is a Galanthus I am going to have for our garden
Very large and showy with large petals Galanthus ‘S Arnott’

We always take a photo of the plant and the lable and then we dont loose the notes or forget which it was.
This is one of those metal tags which I am not too keep on .. as they tend to bend.

More lovely snowdrops
they are just so pure.

Some people hug trees for Richard it is monuments lol (maybe he was trying to shelter from the wind lol)

It was sooooo cold My coat would hardly fasten with all the jumpers I had on (Well thats my story lol)

Cyclamen coum were in full flower and looking stunning.

Lovely curving paths giving you plenty of pretty views :)

Going back through the gate

You come to the court yard with the hall on the left.
They dont close the cutains or shutters like some hall do whihc is lovely
But I can see why many do as there were people just up against the glass looking in lol
I think Thats a bit too nosey :) dont you?
It is only a small hall and the family all live there up until a few years ago it was hardly ever, if at all open.
They have a big farmers market there now once a month so I think it must all be helping to keep the hall, even that they do in a charming way with bunting and threaded ribbon through the fences etc.
It must cost a fortune even to look after a small hall
(It quite big really but I think its classed as a small hall, I wouldnt like to clean it!!!)

The hall
I think rick must have had a tipple when he took this! lol
He never offered me any :-(

These were just some pretty steps

This was once a room for paying the workers in I think but it is now open air.
Rather charmingly they have left the wall and fire place etc and made it into an informal court yard.
It was really lovely.

Lovely Garrya or silk tassle bush unfortunately I dont know which one
This is one of the problems I find with gardens that they dont put names on things and it is so frustrating.
Having just said that mine is not labelled for the public yet but I hope it soon will be.
Even the snow drops were not all named infact mixed up, which while it was nice it would have been better to know which they were
but Rhode hall is a family home and not a public garden so I do understand.

Just put this one back on again as it is may favourite picture of the day :)

This is in the wages room again where the fire place was you can see what I ment about just leaveing the wall and windows. It is really pretty.

After all that cold wind we went into the stables and had a nice cup of tea and a piece of ‘her ladyships cake’ ummm very good :)
The coat is even tighter now!!!

You can find out about Rhode hall from the RHS as they have it in the garden under the months events scheme.
If you are RHS members you can get in free for the snow drops I dont know about everything else though.

It is a lovely place to go throughout the year as they do bluebells and other walks throught the year
We only get to this one as we are too busy the rest of the year with our own nursery and events.
I hope you enjoyed it
Sorry it took so long in coming

• 20 Mar, 2010
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