Sunday 31 July 2016
Friday 29 July 2016
Thursday 28 July 2016
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Sunday 24 July 2016
Friday 22 July 2016
Thursday 21 July 2016
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Sunday 17 July 2016
Friday 15 July 2016
Thursday 14 July 2016
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Sunday 10 July 2016
Friday 8 July 2016
Thursday 7 July 2016
Elmton Gardens
Our latest round of National Gardens Scheme (NGS) garden visits took us to the Derbyshire
village of Elmton. We went a couple of years ago and the whole
weekend really brings this ancient village alive.
As always the weekend
coincides with the village's well dressing. This year the design has
been based around Noah's Ark.
There were four gardens open
for the viewing and as usual all completely different in size, layout
and plant content. We started off at Pinfold. The name comes from the
village pinfold that is the other side of the back wall. At one stage
any stray animals found would be rounded up and put in the pinfold
until their owner came and paid the fine to release it.
It really is a beautiful
garden with stunning displays of lupins, roses, delphiniums and
heucheras.
Over in the fruit and
vegetable garden the soft fruit is protected in a special cage. I
really need a system like this at my allotment!
Across the road is Elm Tree
Farm. The house and land forms part of the Chatsworth Estate and is
painted accordingly. Overlooking things is a Green Man.
You can't have a farm
without some animals and the chicken were happily scratching around
the ground.
You also can't have a garden
visit without a cup of tea only in this case the tea had been
replaced by flowers.
Next to Elm Tree Farm is
Wilmots. The house couldn't be more different being a bungalow. The
front garden has a selection of roses hanging over the paths and
arches.
Down the side is a small
vegetable garden with a miniature rose shrub at the end.
Back into the village is the
impressive Elmwood House. Out the front was a lineup of vintage cars
but my interest took me round the back.
The afternoon light provided
a perfect glow for the fuchsia dependens.
One last look at the borders
and it was time to head off for the day until our next garden visit.
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Sunday 3 July 2016
Friday 1 July 2016
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)