Bressingham Gardens

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    I've just come home from a visit to Bressingham Gardens in Norfolk. Highly recommended at this time of the year - I've attached a few pictures. How I wish my garden was larger so I could have island beds.
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    This fabulous peony is called Lize Van Veen.​
     
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      Very jealous Alana.....very, very jealous !!
      Adrian Bloom was, still is, a great inspiration to me. His island beds, his colour and shape combinations, his use of conifers and perennials etc. My style of gardening :)
       
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        It was superb and not a rose in sight. I was a great admirer of the late Alan Bloom and his nursery which unfortunately is now Wyevales. Their saving grace is an online shop bressinghamgardens.com/bressingham-nursery

        My husband enjoyed seeing the steam engines next door. Yesterday there was a special Rover owners event on so I was able to spend as long as I liked in the garden while he reminisced over the vintage cars :smile: Everyone happy
         
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          We visited some time ago (probably 30+ years ago) and Alan kicking around the place. Lasting memories of his long grey hair, large silver hooped earrings and very relaxed approach. I may have got this wrong but I think it was Alan who drove us around the gardens on the miniature railway. Great gardens and a great character
           
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          Lovely photos! I have some "Bressingham White" bergenias here - I guess that is where they were first bred?
           
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          Superb gardens ,I haven’t been for a while but once seen never forgotten.
          Thanks for the reminder ,must go again.

          Does anyone remember someone on this site used to work there ?
           
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          We have never been. We have family in Norfolk who we often visit.

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          Don’t diss it Gary....go next time :rasp:
           
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            I absolutely love Bressingham, my Uncle Tom took me there every year as a child, I have a wonderful book signed by Alan Bloom which I treasure :blue thumb:.
            I have fond memories riding on the train, walking the gardens & eating ice cream :wub2: at Bressingham
             
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              Yes, it would have been Alan. The steam engines etc. were his hobby and he loved driving people around on the train. We have a large pine tree in our garden (alongside where the GC table is on our Open Day) that Alan gave us as a present.

              In 2014 Gardeners Corner had a garden visit to Bressingham and these are some of the pictures I took then

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                You must have gone later in the year Shiney. It's truly a garden for all seasons. I've visited there quite regularly to see the changes.

                The latest project is Rosemary's garden in memory of Adrian Bloom's late wife (what a beautiful name for a. horticulturalist's wife). Also the Japanese garden is having an overhaul so there is always something to look forward to seeing.

                Alan Bloom was a real character. With his long white hair he resembled a wizard. He was passionate about his steam engines as well as introducing so many herbaceous perennials to our gardens - what a legacy. .
                 
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                Many of my original plants came from Bressingham by mail order .
                I remember Adrian Bloom being on the tv quite often....very inspirational guy:)
                 
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