Thursday, 26 November 2015

Harlow Carr in November

 
Just had time for a whistle stop walk around the gardens to blow away the cobwebs.  It gets dark so early at this time of year. Very few notable plants and shrubs apart from some early hellebores, dogwoods and viburnum blossom.
However, there was seasonal decoration
 






 Plenty of interest and colour in the Alpine House

 gentian

 dianthus
 

 






Beautiful bark on the Winter Walk

Colour by the pond

Attractive pot planting for this season

.... and garden features
 






 On balance, a pleasant couple of hours.

Richmond and Kiplin Hall in North Yorkshire

Being a  pleasant and warm day, we decided to make a trip to Richmond in North Yorkshire. This market town on the River Swale, the fastest f...