**THE DOWN HOUSE** ITCHEN ABBAS. NGS Garden Hants.

Glad to read you had a good day out. What beautiful surroundings to end your day. Those gardens are amazing.
I'm reading this on my phone at work but will be back tomorrow for a look on a bigger screen.

Seems more like a park than a garden, DD2, what a lot of hard work must have gone into it. Glad you had a good day out in spite of the weather. That lady sat on the bench looks like she needs a cup (or glass) of something warming :)

All that in 13 years!! Its amazing.

13 years?! What an achievement! At this time of year I could really use a garden visit like that. How fantastic is Hampshire....raising all that money for charity by gardening. I'm glad you got there and back safely A! Come to think of it...it's about time I got over to Fife,to Cambo hOuse to see the snowdrops and their lovely plant stalls and gift shop!

The generosity of gardeners in this country is one of its
assets. Well borne out by the blogs on Goy website.

Lovely blog Dottie and wonderful garden, must be like walking through different compartments. I love the sculptured figure. Thankyou.

love the sculptured figure....

Oh My!!!!! thats more like a country estate than a garden, it looks lovely Dd, thankyou for sharing your visit with us....

What a lovely day to share with like minded friends and a staggering amount of money that you all contributed to making. Enjoyed seeing your friends garden especially the cornus and salix like a hedgerow on fire.

Those gardens are fantastic ! It must be nice to have a get together like this meeting all the other gardeners.

glad you made the trip safely despite the weather. Thanks for sharing the lovely photos.

What a wonderful garden! It was very good of you to post some of your wonderful photos of the garden! :-))

It's a lovely garden with all those early bulbs flowering, and the Cornus is so colourful too :o) It must have been a pleasure to walk around it ...

Absolutely beautiful. I shall make a point of visiting it, will look it up in the yellow book as soon as it's available.

Feverfew they open in June, hope you will be able to make it, certainly worth the effort...
Hywel despite the wet underfoot, it was a pleasure to see a true country garden.....
Balcony you are welcome, so many different gardens open in Hampshire, from country estates to tiny ones like ours....
SB thanks it was a pleasure.....
Rose I look forward to the lunch every year, it means that spring is not far behind...
Stroller, I could not do justice to the colours, it was quite extraordinary...
Lincs it was a good size....lol
Marybells, me too, they were not many statues, in fact one in the pool (which I did not show, a bit saucy!!) and this one....
Lindak your welcome....
DianeB we rely on that generosity every year in the NGS.... I do not know where we would be without it....
Karen it was hard to believe that so much had been created in 13 years, the design was so in keeping too.
Scottish and Stera I was hoping I would be fit enough to cope with the walking, we did not do the whole of the garden, the vineyards etc, just looked over the hedge!!
Gee, it is more a park compared to ours lol I would not like having to prune all the Yew, Box, Hornbeam etc...
Thanks for your comments, we are very lucky in Hampshire to have so many people willing to open their gardens to the public, because it is hard work, believe me, even our tiny one takes the two of us weeks to get ready for the big day.....

What a superb place Dotty - pleased you were able to attend and thank you so much for the wonderful photos .......

You are very welcome Shirley....