Visiting Gardens

Anglesey Abbey (NT) covers a vast area

Snowdrops galore





















Vistas

 

Anglesey Abbey is in Cambridgeshire and is a National Trust property. The whole garden area covers nearly 120 acres and includes the Lode Mill (white building on the river in my picture) which is open to the public to watch it grinding the flour and some days. The house is also open to the public.

Richard Ayres MBE, now retired, designed the winter garden as Head Gardener at the Abbey and did a wonderful job of it. He also used to open his garden to the public (Garden Scheme) at his thatched cottage in the neighbouring village. He let us go along there one October to dig up some of his plants for our garden.

It is particularly good from mid Jan to mid Feb but the garden is worth a visit most of the year.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/vi.../things-to-do-in-the-garden-at-anglesey-abbey

 

We still have lots of birds in our garden, one robin tends to sit on my shoulder whilst I'm working out there , the male pheasant ignores me completely but doesn't like me to get closer than about 5ft and our red kite comes down for food if I raise my left arm in the air.

The other day when it was sunny we spotted a few bees around.

We haven't used chemicals in the garden for over 50 years.