Oxford Christ Church Meadow

 August 6th

outside back window Buttery Hotel

nanny state signs

and London

airbnb in Maylebone

Heal’s staircase 

lunch at Selfridge and co

Harry Gordon

Rodmarton Manor - Cotswolds

 August 5th

Lunch at the lamb inn

lunch takes too long

rainy day. 

solidago

field of phalcea californica

metal clip for greenhouse plates

flowers in the kitchen garden

yews planted on the diagonal

peacock topiary graveyard 

birch in the outer kitchen garden

stone buttress 

lichen on birch tree bark

topiary and troughs 

yew urns

Rousham - Cotswolds

 August 4th

Rousham

big tree trunks

follies in the distance

old woodland

naturally lit statue from a dark tunnel 

holly and laurels and english ivy

view from seven arches stone colonnade. 

boxwood in natural form

huge deador cedar

Veratrum nigrum

riverside

Dahlias

Lunch at RH England - Cotswolds

 August 4th Lunch at RH

Lunch at RH Aynho Park

massive showroom

Kiftsgate Court Garden - Cotswolds

 August 3rd

Kiftsgate

ceanothus blooming in August.  ours go off in Feb/march?

agapanthus and Oleander

bee on honeysuckle

long border full of candy 

lillies dahlias, 

sunken garden

california hydrangea carpetaria

astilbe and anemone 

hot orange border 

7 foot dark lillies

hills and farmland

dinner at the bull on sheep street in Charlbury

Hidcote Manor - Cotswolds

 August 3rd

hidcote

dahlias singles in many colors. 

cosmos

haha

six types of insects on Astrantia

wheat fields

 pillar garden

 fuchsia

 white garden

 11-1:30pm

 aiming for 10am. 

picnic by van

Broughton Grange - Cotswolds

 August 2nd

Pelargoniums in terra cotta

aster Monch

tom stuart smith flowering perennials with columns of yews and shapes of hornbeam. 

Banbury countryside

arboretum walk (meadow)

Oak flower

true queen anne lace

Catalpa bignonoides

pleached sycamore

Stumpery

use what you have on site. 

2:00 lunch at fox inn village of Broadwell. 

rarebit with tortilla?

The Meadow at Oxford Botanic Garden

July 31 - Merton Borders delighted my eye with its layers of blue, yellow, chartreuse with dabs of pink.   Composed of solidago, eryngium, echinops, mallow, a couple of grasses and tall daisies, this garden was planted in 2011.  It has aged extremely well.

Trentham - Midlands

 July 30th

bees on echinops

piet oudolf perennial border

artimesia and stipa

layers on layers of color and texture

agapanthus and knautia

oregano

dino ballotia?

fun to walk maze of trails through out the parterre

slight rain

stachyes and artemesia

allie of weeping elm?

truely a pleasure garden

piet oudolf floral labyrinth

extremely large sweet chestnut planted by Cap Brown

big golden yew

knautia avernes

nigel dunnett

Wollerton Old Hall - Midlands

 July 30th

English weather? Partly Sunny with chance of rain
driveway conifer specimens
Agapanthus’African Skies’
Salvia yangii ‘Bkue Steel’
white agapanthus
small rooms of all sorts of themes
who’s the driving force behind garden

Dahlia NoID
seating in every room showing off views lile this white garden on display.
two square pyramid yews
garden growing wilder moving away from the house.
birch and maple
simple stake and rope plant support
candy content goes up as you walk to the house.
purple and red clematis, rose and buddlejia
plenty of seating
locerna honeysuckle
this is a good garden to bring people.
cute lavender geraniums
yellow clematis
more seating and formal.
yew dots!
heliopsis ‘bleading heart’ looks like dahlia
the plant of the week.

Mayfield Park - Manchester

 July 29th

salmon street fish market northern quarter 

lunch NQ

Mayfield Park

Monty Don filming

grassy meadow with flowering perennials. 

slide spanning river Medlock

RHS Bridgewater

 July 28th

East Ruston Old Varcarage - East Anglia

 July 26th

white agapanthus frank likes

lots of walking 34 acres on double hedges 

full cottage garden mess

i like how there’s no maps, signage or labels. 

more of a mystery fun to get lost. 

large rooms with apple and liq amber

long hallways of green

bees and butterflies on lysmatchia 

open 12-5 lunch 12-2 tea after. 

Sheffield Botanical Gardens - Midlands

 July 27th

botanical gatdens july 27

garden of pooled talents

sheffield botanical garden

city park feel used by neighbors 

long row of glass houses sorted by exotic places. 

plant labels

175 yo? sequoia g. 

petrified stump

prairie garden 

squirrels all running towards me. 

Agapanthus coddii 

fuchsia pink

healthy red maple

shard sink for watering 

double central flower border. 

cast iron water fountain 

The Garden of Pooled Talents - Sheffield

 July 27

Sheffield - Grey to Green

 

Part storm water and pollution mitigation and removal of impermeable concrete areas and plant out with shrubs, trees and flowering perennials.

Pensthorpe - East Anglia

 July 27th

millennial garden Piet Odorf

natural reserve with flowering perennial 

Bressingham Garden - East Anglia

 July 25th

Beth Chatto's Garden - East Anglia

July 25th

 Beth Chatto

 gravel garden and nursery 

RHS Hyde Hall - East Anglia

 July 24th