Friday, 4 December 2009

Gardens I want to visit next year...(day dreaming again)

  1. Winsford Walled Garden in the north Devon countryside.. a renovated walled victorian flower garden, includes renovated glasshouses for collections of Bougainvillea & Hibiscus.
  2. Dunge Valley Gardens in the Peak District, a woodland garden featuring many Rhodos, Acers, Azaleas, & Magnolias. Also has a Double Hellebore event starting on 1st March.
  3. Cascades Gardens, Derbyshire
  4. Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Famous winter gardens in Hampshire.
  5. BlueBell Arboretum & Nursery in Derbyshire
  6. Kiftsgate Court Gardens, an Arts & Crafts style garden in the Cotswolds, neighbour of Hidcote Gardens.
  7. Westonbirt Arboretum, in Gloucestershire, a collection of over 3000 trees & shrub species in 600 acres!
  8. Oxford Botanic Garden, the oldest Botanic Garden in Great Britain, founded in 1621
  9. The Wagon House Gardens, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. I've heard great things about this fairly new garden which has many brick follies & features, & of course plants!
  10. Stone House Cottage Garden & Nursery in Worcestershire. Many unusual climbers & herbaceous plants.
There are many more of course! but this list is of local (ish)  gardens & some have winter interest which will definately cheer me up in the cold long months of the new year.  I must also revisit my favourite ones again- Batsford Arboretum, Winterbourne Botanic Garden,  & Bourton House.



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