Visits-UK

Thanks to the efforts of Council Member Bruce Ginsberg, we were treated to a wonderful day of gardens in the north of Hampshire.

A day out in Somerset & Dorset to see two very different and stunning gardens.

The five Gardens in East Anglia selected by our tour organisers Di & Neil Cave were spread across Norfolk, Suffolk & North Essex and ranged from a large domestic garden to the grounds of a stately home.

Dispite a road closure & thanks to our sat-nav’s, we all assemble at our first garden at Farleigh House where Andrew Wooley, the Head Gardener, took us on a brilliant tour.

With the forecast for torrential rain and winds of 40mph, the day didn’t sound too promising on the weather front.

Our first trip of 2017 got off to a brilliant start, the weather either side of the day was not great, but on the day it was glorious.

Iford Manor has a house and garden to die for. If ever there was a house and garden that was in a perfect setting, surely this must be it. The both are settled comfortably into the side of a valley that looks down over the gently curving River Frome.

In April EBTS visited some great gardens in Surrey – unfortunately the weather wasn’t brilliant, in fact it was very wet at times. So by special request Topiarius Editor, Caroline Foley and I went to visit Trudie Proctor at The Old Rectory for a second look at the garden.

We all meet up at Rockcliffe Gardens, where Emma Keswick the owner and designer of the garden showed us round. It is a stunning garden even in the rather damp weather that greeted us at the start of the visit.