A visit to Sizergh Castle & gardens

What beautiful photographs you took Whistonlass, lovely lovely gardens, fantastic lake. How is the garden coming on have you got your lady there yet? Keep thinking about it and hoping you are getting your design kicked into shape by your lady gardener. Don't forget to post the in work progress pictures for us all to see. Thanks for the lovely blog.

The garden isn't underway yet, Olive...she is to be here either tomorrow or Wednesday to begin. I am hoping the heavy rain we are having today is going to finish (although I know many still haven't had a drop). I don't expect the gardeners will mind working in the rain as they probably do that quite often but they are meant to be painting our concrete fencing and that won't be possible in these wet conditions.

I was most impressed with the rock garden and thanks too for your nice comments on the photos :)

Jacquie what a lovely place to visit! so many fantastic pictures I just love the Acers and the pictures of the rock gardens number 1 and 10 stunning! Wonder what kind of bird is nesting in the bird box? pleased you had such a nice day out;0)

lovely pics... looks a great place to visit....

This is a beautiful place Jaquie and some stunning photos !
Is it a wheelchair friendly place ?
Love the acers .:)

I am not certain about it being wheelchair friendly, Judy. From what I can see in our NT Handbook there are parts of the property that are wheelchair friendly. If you look on the website (address in my blog) you may get better information. I was using my stick on that day and probably looked a bit of a mountain goat as I got around that rock garden...lol We didn't visit any other parts of the garden as once we had gone through the house and the rock garden I was pretty well whacked!

I agree, Judy...the acers were my favourite too :)

Pleased you enjoyed the little "tour", Holly. It was such a nice sunny day too.

Thanks for that Jaquie, glad you had a good day :)

Thats good... its quite cold here today....

Really enjoyed looking at your excellent photos Jacquie. It looks really lovely

great pics jacquie, glad you enjoyed your day out and it sounds and looks a lovely place to visit :o))

That's lovely Jacquie. The seventh photo in particular really took my breath away. It just shouts out MAY to me...all the different colours and the freshness of it all...wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

great photos it looks a lovely place to visit

Thanks for taking us on your day out, loved the blog and photos, looks a beautiful place.

Beautiful photos really gives you a sense of the place, wouldn`t mind one or two of the rocks. The lakes look so peaceful.
Enjoyed the tour Wlass, thank you.

Whiston your photographs are fabulous, its a smashing place and I`m pleased you enjoyed your day, the rock garden is spectacular, and the colour contrast really takes your breath away..
Thanks for sharing your day out...

What beautiful photos Jacquie, it looks wonderful there. I`m so glad you enjoyed your day out. I love the gorgeous Acers . :o)

I really enjoyed this,Jacquie,a lovely place,and I echo all that has been said,about the Acers..and the Rock garden..
We will have to think about a visit here,as we have NT membership too...Thanks for a lovely day out,glad you had a good time..:o)

what gorgeous pictures , love the rocks with all the beauty plants and trees - such a wonderful place to visit

That was a nice place to visit. lovely walks and views.
Nice also to know the bird box was lived in :)

This looks very inviting, Jacquie, shame it's so far away from us! Your pics are lovely, especially like the ones with the lake. Good wishes for tomorrow ... hope the rain eases off. : o )

Hi Winstonlass, thank you for the day out, lovely pic's as well, love the bench under the tree , lovely place to sit and have your lunch :)

Gorgeous photos Jaquie looks a lovely place to visit, i love the birdbox...in use! wonder what was nesting in it blue tits?

I wondered that too Sewingkilla! These are some fab photos J, and the view was certainly worth the climb! What fantastic acers they have there. A garden worth visiting - we havent been there so must next time we are up that way. You timed it just right before the weather changed too.