We
had an enjoyable visit to Burnby Hall in Pocklington in the Yorkshire Wolds, The
gardens have been on my “to see” list for ages.
The museum houses hundreds of interesting exhibits, collected by the
previous owner of Burnby Hall, Major Percy Stewart, during his travels to every
continent in the early 1900s, often accompanied by his wife.
There
was still plenty of colour at the end of the Summer plus other delightful
touches, although I thought that some of the contemporary sculptures were
rather out of place especially in the Victorian Garden.
The Secret Garden opened out into this lovely open area with statue.
The
Upper and Lower Lakes are home to a National Collection of over 100 varieties
of Hardy Water Lily.
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| The Hall is now used as council offices |
The
cafe didn’t offer much for vegetarians but I found this in the gift shop
reduced from £2.95 to 50p – who else would want post-its with a Yiddish phrase!
While not my favourite garden, it is well worth seeing for the surprises which are revealed around every corner
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Late summer/early autumn flowers are beautiful! On my way to work, every morning I walk past a garden that has such an abundance of dahlia, chrysanthemums and other wonderful flowers, I'd love to stop and take a picture. But it's a private residence and I have not spoken to the owners yet.
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I'm not keen on statues and the like in gardens, even when they're appropriate to the period so I'm sure I'd have agreed about the contemporary ones in a Victorian garden.
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