Garden Visits

I don't like that either. We never go on the guided tours but certainly make great use of visiting their gardens and national sites such as forests. Also the use of their car parks in places such as the Lake District save a lot of money.Our local forest/lake/open area charges £9 for parking...

We were given a days gift voucher for us both by some lovely friends. Today we managed to visit Sculptures by the Lakes near Dorchester. A few spots of rain but nothing to worry about. There were lots of people but once you started to walk we often found ourselves on our own. The main garden was...

@AnniD and @zenj I’ve grown the pink ‘chocolate’ cosmos (Flamingo) for the past two years and overwintered the tuber like a dahlia. I’m quite fond of them and I will definitely purchase the cherry one when it becomes available. Photo from last year:

Hi everyone,I was wondering whether anyone has any Chelsea Flower Show Late tickets going spare? This is the ticket that gets you in from 5.30pm to 10pm on Friday 24th? My wife and I are in the area and thought it might be nice to attend. We have just joined as RHS members and on the official...

That looks a beautiful garden. Too far from us in Norfolk, maybe one day.

Yes I do remember it being smaller than expected but some interesting plants and trees that you dont often see in the UK.Your tree is a fair age then.

If you are in the South Lambert area of London, it is worth having a look at the Tradescant Garden and Museum. It isn't big but a lot of history involved. Lovely cafe as well.

We visited on a very drizzly misty day last September. We had the gardens to ourselves and they were quite magical. Not very big but there’s a nice circular walk around grazing paddocks and also a short walk into the old woodland garden. One of those gardens with a bit of soul. The end point of...

Yes, @Plantminded , what difference sunshine can make if I take pictures in a dabbled shade garden. When we came at 10:15, there were just 5 other cars. The car park and overflow were full when we left at 1. As I always say to OH, the town were I live has got only 5 pensioners, the town where...

Our French tours went something like that, but seemed to end up at vineyards and liqueur-producing monasteries

A few to add on...

Looks beautiful

Looks interesting. For a moment I thought you were referring Mr Jellicle

You are right of course, I got it wrong again!

For anyone interested in going on Garden Tours, the Mediterranean Plants and Gardens Society is brilliant. Head gardeners normally give a guided tour of their gardens and, as it is not a commercial operation, their prices are very reasonable.We went on one in September in West Wales and...

Thank you Victoria for this thread.I question the title of it being a natural garden. IMO to me a natural garden would apply more to a dried-up desert area, that is suddenly transformed by something like a monsoon, as often displayed in nature films.Maintenance of such a garden display...

Yep, just watched it. Thoroughly enjoyed that

I hope you don't mind me posting this here, it's slightly off topic. I have just spotted this interesting article on the BBC webpage about how a group of women were employed at Kew in 1896 on equal pay, long before women gained the vote. They had to work in their bloomers, to disguise the fact...

We went to Barnsdale, many years ago, not that long after Geoff died. To me, a fantastic place that anyone remotely interested in gardening should visit. His memorial garden was just being established, but his bust was there. I must admit to being quite ‘choked up’ at the time. To me, Geoff was...

Absolutely wonderful.