London Private Garden - South London

 This is Flo and we are in the basement of her home looking out onto the garden behind her London Townhouse?  I don't know what to call the neighborhood, I will show a photo for the street below.

Yes I am gardening or doing gardening tasks in London.  I just deadheaded these Iceburg Roses.  I am in my garden tourist attire. 

The Pleasure Gardens at Trentham Hall

We are back at the gardens of Trentham in Stoke-on-Trent.  This is our 4th or 5th visit.  This huge estate has many things to do and is geared toward family visits but has many elements of a true Pleasure Gardens.  Lots for the kids but even more for the gardener.   With big names like Piet Oudolf, Tom Stuart-Smith, Nigel Dunnett,...Capability Brown lake and old trees. We enjoy seeing this garden at different times of the year.  This time it is June.

Wollerton Old Hall Garden - A Third Visit

Here we are again at the Old Hall in Wollerton and their bountiful garden.   A small garden that is greatly loved by the community.  I don't think you can arrive in a large tour bus.   This year they remade the Well Garden.   This space with sixteen pyramidal yews cut into quarters has been a favorite of mine.  I was shocked to see its remake.   I will compare below and announce my judgement.

Peaks District - England

We drove by this peak a few times during our week stay in Buxton.  We stopped on the way home this evening to check out some of the local flora.

RHS Bridgewater Garden - Third Visit?

 Here I am Tuesday morning looking to catch up on the gardens I explored this summer.  Next up, is RHS Bridgewater.  A new garden in the North of England around Manchester.  Always fun to go to Manchester.

Biddulph Grange Gardens

 I love Biddulph's compact size full of all the England Garden themes.  I particularly love the use of follies to move in space to the next theme.  The Egyptian Pyramid to the Chestershire Cottage.  

Chatsworth House

 One of the great English country houses.   It is posh.

The Garden of Pooled Talents - Sheffield

Evening after dinner, we stopped by this small but delightful garden in the middle of three large university buildings.  

We are at the peak of June.   To see more of the structure of this garden, look at my post for 2023:  The Garden of Pooled Talents

Sheffield - Grey to Green Revisited

We are back to the inner part of Sheffield which is undergoing a years long process to plant out underutilized concrete areas in the form of unused traffic lanes.   After a by-pass was built, the inner ring road no longer required four lanes of vehicular traffic.   A year later but almost six weeks earlier in June the beds look vibrate with recent rain.   

Blenheim Palace - Chaka Khan Concert

 The English love their outdoor concerts and rain doesn't faze them.

Plus another Giant Sequoia in Evenly.

Wentworth Woodhouse

Once cited as the largest private residence in the United Kingdom, it a huge house with lots of bad history, i.e. slaves and coal. It is also in a very precarious state. Many of the interior rooms are in a state of decay.

Plus a newly restored Camellia house and a very pleasant long border.  

York Gate, England

 Here's some photos of my June trip to England with Frank Eddy.   I love these road trips.

First time to York Gate but have seen numerous photos in Gardens Illustrated magazine.  But photos can only go so far in telling the story of this garden.  

The front entryway looks recently planted with water-wise plants among large borders and gravel.  It is a gravel garden; very trendy since Beth Chatto made it famous.