After judging and being judged by Yorkshire in Bloom this
week, Friday was spent visiting gardens in North Yorkshire with our gardening
club.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the outing and we returned laden with plants and ideas for our own gardens.
First
stop was Rewela Cottage at Skewesby, home of garden designer John Plant .
The front of the house gave no indication of
what was to come and we were all impressed by the planting combinations and
landscaping at every turn.
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| The outdoor kitchen |
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| The jacuzzi/sauna |
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| The potting area |
There was a
good range of interesting plants for sale to tempt us and we all succumbed!
Then
on to the picturesque North Yorkshire, market town of Helmsley.
Here we took advantage of the various eating
places, market stalls, shops and antique fair before boarding the coach again
for our next garden visit.
Terrington
House, a former rectory, is the home of James and Linda Fenwick.
The house is surrounded by gardens and features
tennis courts, heated outdoor pool and, the pièce de résistance, a summer house
decorated in shells by Linda
Fenwick .
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| The stunning ceiling of the Shell House |
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| North Yorkshire, not the South of France |
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| The vegetable plot |
Anyone else got some interesting garden visits to share?
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Lovely pictures. I particularly like the look of that veg plot in the last one.
ReplyDeleteYes, I wish mine was as attractive.
DeleteHow I would have loved to be on that tour! Helmsley really is a beautiful town; I have been there only once but remember it well.
ReplyDeleteHave a look at my pictures of Nunnington Hall's gardens, if you like:
http://librarianwithsecrets.blogspot.de/2014/07/wednesday-at-nunnington-hall-part-ii.html
and
http://librarianwithsecrets.blogspot.de/2014/07/wednesday-at-nunnington-hall-part-iii.html
Lovely pics of Nunnington Hall, which is a new one on me. I do love quirkiness in a garden and the social history of a house.
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