2015 AGM Weekend in Yorkshire – 3rd UPDATE
So another AGM weekend has drawn to a successful close and organser Stephen Fenny is home again in Norfolk knowing he has successful organised a few days of great garden trips around the Harrogate area of Yorkshire.
Here are few images by Chris Poole & Roger Last of the highlights from the gardens visited.
Bramham Park
- Bramham Park view of the garden from inside the house
- Bramham Park House
- Bramham Park - one of the borders backed with a Yew hedge
- Bramham Park - one of the tree lined walks
- Bramham Park - view over water to the obelisk in the far distance
- Bramham Park - view from the front door
The AGM at Newby Hall
- The Chairman of EBTS UK, Mark Hopkins addressing the AGM
- Mark introduces Katia & Marc from Oenosan
- Marc Juncker from Oenosan giving a presentation about their product
- Katia answer some questions
- Newby Hall - taking a break from the AGM for coffee
- James Crebbin-Bailey presenting information about the new Contemporary Topiary training modules at the AGM
- EBTS AGM Chairmans evening reception back at Rudding Park Hotel
As part of the AGM programme there was a very interesting presentation on the use of a mineral fertiliser called Oenosan, in the management of box blight and other related diseases. Further information about their product is available on the company website www.oenosan.eu
Newby Hall
- Newby Hall border looking up towards the house
- Newby Hall head gardener talking about the work on the borders
- Newby Hall border detail
- Newby Hall view of border looking down to the river
- Newby Hall lawn and view
- Newby Hall rose garden
- Newby Hall Sylvias garden
- Newby Hall entrance to Wars of the Roses
Littlethorpe Manor
- Littlethorpe Manor head gardener Eddie and wife Michelle Harland explained how the walled garden represents the 4 seasons of life
- Littlethorpe Manor Walled Garden detail
- Littlethorpe Manor Walled Garden box detail
- Littlethorpe Manor the centre of the drives turning circle
- Littlethorpe Manor Walled Garden Winter (left) and Spring (right) quadrants
- Littlethorpe Manor yew lined paths
- Littlethorpe Manor medicine garden
- Eddie and Michelle Harland of Littlethorpe Manor talking about the garden
- Listening to the story of the building of the medicine garden
- Littlethorpe Manor view from the house
- EBTS UK members listening to the history of Littlethorpe Manor
- Littlethorpe Manor looking down to the pond
- By the pond at Littlethorpe Manor
- Littlethorpe Manor the pond
- Littlethorpe Manor box grass and lavendar
- Littlethorpe Manor somewhere to relax
- Littlethorpe Manor the wildflower meadow
- Littlethorpe Manor border with perfect yew balls
- Littlethorpe Manor perfect yew ball cut by eye
The Old Vicarage
- Biddy Marshal talks about the garden whilst EBTS UK members admire it
- The Old Vicarage Biddy Marshall explains the history of the house and garden
- The Old Vicarage two large variegated box balls in the border
- The Old Vicarage one of the places to relax in the tranquility of the garden
- The Old Vicarage back garden walk
- The Old Vicarage garden box cubes
- The Old Vicarage front garden through to the Church
- The Old Vicarage standard holly with 4 box pointed cubs and balls
York Gate Garden
- Sweeping curved box hedge round lawn
- York Gate Gard sweeping box hedge and lawn
- York Gate Garden Yew points
- York Gate Garden trained pyracantha
- York Gate Garden border
Once again EBTS UK had a brilliant AGM weekend thanks to the beauty of the gardens and the warmth with which we were received by our hosts.