RHS Hyde Hall Excursion 2024

My past visits to gardens, in England and elsewhere, were always curated to show the beautiful, curious or informative.    First photographs excluded people or other garden visitors.  Focused only on the plants and their vignettes.  Then It was the celebration of how many people (mostly English) were at these gardens especially the flower shows.  This past visit I filmed more in video rather than still photos.  I was trying to show how movement plays into experiencing these gardens in person.  The subtle movement of the air or a sequence to show perspective and other physical attributes.  

I have visited Hyde Hall twice.  First in August 8, 2016 and the recent follow up in July 24, 2023.   This is a shot maybe a little too fast.  I was trying to capture how densely packed this garden was.   The remaining stills show the details to the blurs on the video.  This is the Cottage Garden at Hyde Hall and is one of the spaces used to highlight real spaces for inspiration to the home gardener.

Wow, All that eye candy makes me a little stimulated.   Below is the Modern Country Garden showcasing popular planting styles.

Shot in 2016 the following two photographs show a more blocky planted room.

In 2023, the addition of alliums and a feather grass along with other flowering perennials enliven this garden up greatly.

A small planting around the cafe and house.

And finally the Dry Garden, showcase of drought tolerate planting for an area of England that gets a lot less rain.