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Dotty Daisy's Open Day

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Last year when Dotty Daisy first told us all about her garden being accepted by NGS, Floribunda and I straight away said we would go down to Lee on Solent in Hampshire to support her. Flori said she and her OH would pick me up on the way. True to her word they did this yesterday, and off we went. The garden is only small, but oh what a treat was in store. To start with the garden was full with admirers, so difficult to photograph without getting lots of bodies in the shot. So we quickly met up with Dotty, and Shirley Tulip, who had also made a long journey to get there with her OH. After all the hugs and greetings, which was like old friends meeting up although we hadnt met before, we all proceeded to walk around this lovely garden. It was absolutely stunning, and the photos don’t really do it justice. I know Flori will be doing a blog also – I think she must have taken hundreds of photos – and Shirley too will be doing one, so I won’t put on too many photos, so as not to repeat, but I hope you will enjoy. Many thanks to Dotty Daisy and her OH for a wonderful afternoon, and her daughter for the gorgeous cakes.


Dotty Daisy and Shirley Tulip


My apologies, I have put two pictures on twice, I am not having a good day…

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my goodness, what a fantastic garden, wish I could have been there also, you never told me about cakes, kept that one quiet, who are the two beautiful ladies in this blog please, so glad you all had a wonderful day, the weather looked to be good for you.

30 May, 2011

 

Glad you enjoyed the photos Yorks, I have put the names of the two ladies on now. The weather wasn't very warm but the rain kept away. I don't seem to have taken a photo of Flori, but Shirley may have one. But we all really enjoyed the day.

30 May, 2011

 

what a beautiful garden ~ i can easily see why you would travel a long way to see that! thank you cinderella and dotty daisy.

30 May, 2011

 

oh thats my mate Shirley, thanks for that, keep looking to see if the girls have put their blogs on yet, that garden looks a dream,

30 May, 2011

 

a dream is right yorkshire

30 May, 2011

 

What a lovely garden, so organised and tidy and how it is laid out makes it look so much bigger. Some people just have a knack at setting out their gardens. I'm glad that you enjoyed your day - it's a good thing being able to meet up with other GOYers.

30 May, 2011

 

There is a great collection of potted succulents making a lovely display there. It is a gem of a garden and it is nice that you were all able to meet one another and enjoy such a lovely day...complete with cakes too :)

Glad the rain held off for you. We've had so much rain up here in the NW...it's finally cleared up (but lots of grey clouds hanging around still). The only good thing if we do have a good rainfall it sure saves on the watering :)

Lovely photos, Cinders. Thanks for sharing your day with us.

30 May, 2011

 

What a beautiful garden! Love it! :)))) Thank you for sharing :)))

30 May, 2011

 

Thank you girls for your lovely comments, it was a wonderful afternoon.

30 May, 2011

 

Oh wow, what a gorgeous garden, Love the succulents and the arches, the grass looks perfect to, Love DDs new seat, it looks perfect there, And the way the garden has different areas, DD has a great eye for design, Beautifull garden, I love it..
PS, The Tropical border is not in your blog Cinderella :( lol. Maybe Flori or shirley will put one up..

30 May, 2011

 

Hi there, Cinders, great meeting up in such a gorgeous garden yesterday. The pics are great. Cakes feature on my blog for anyone who's feeling hungry . . . .

30 May, 2011

 

you done your blog yet Shirley

30 May, 2011

 

Yes, it's just gone on, you cheeky wotsit ... lol!

30 May, 2011

 

Thanks Shirley, lovely meetin you too, and OH. Did you see the comment by YDD about the tropical garden ? expect Flori will do that if you haven't got a pic.
Thanks YDD. Sorry about the tropical bit. It was fab though.

30 May, 2011

 

cheeky wotsit here Shirley, just seen your wonderful blog

30 May, 2011

 

I 'lost' a whole line of pics off the screen, another of my techie errors and am so cross as they were the 'jungle area' amongst others. Sorry, sorry Ydd! You'll have to look out for the blog from Flori . . .

30 May, 2011

 

Thanks Cinderella, going over to have a look at Shirley's blog :)

30 May, 2011

 

Its ok Shirley, We all do silly techi stuff :)..

30 May, 2011

 

Thanks for the blog Cinderella, loved it.
What a perfect garden Dotty has :)))
Adore everthing - glorious plants and planting and features, truly stunning.

30 May, 2011

 

lovely pics cinderella, lovely garden.. glad you were able to meet up with other g o y ers......

30 May, 2011

 

What a lovely day out, Cinderella, thank you for sharing your pics with us. Love the last one particularly - good to get an idea of the layout . . . what a treat!

30 May, 2011

 

A little paradise on planet earth!

30 May, 2011

 

Thank you Dawn, it really was stunning

Thanks Holly, it was lovely, and Sheila too, thankyou

Coshad, I agree.

30 May, 2011

 

Fantastic garden - wish I could get mine that good, love the way it is all set out - and nice to see 2 members too.

30 May, 2011

 

Lovely garden so well laid out and so nice to have shared it with other members.

30 May, 2011

 

Back for another look.
I want Dotty's benches and dovecote and all the plants too.

30 May, 2011

 

it looks like perfection to me ~ how do you get a garden like that? start with careful planning and then lots of work ?

30 May, 2011

 

Beautiful garden, thanks for sharing and glad you had a good time. I think its fabulous when you meet up with fellow members

30 May, 2011

 

Another nice blog about a lovely garden. I've just seen Shirley's . Glad you all enjoyed.

30 May, 2011

 

Absolutely Fabulous! Thanks for sharing this garden with those of us who couldn't manage to visit, Cinderella....and "Congratulations" to Dotty Daisy for creating such a stylish and beautifully planted garden. Hope you made lots of money for the NGS :)

30 May, 2011

 

Just beautiful,Cinders..and lovely to see all that wonderful planting..so full !Its great you all had a good day together,and nice to meet members you chat with..also to have more than one blog and pics is good,as you see it from different aspects..Dd and her family have worked so hard,to make the day special for everyone..thanks for sharing..So,two down,one to go..from Flori..:o)

30 May, 2011

 

That was very enjoyable - thank you, Cinderella. It's interesting to see Dd's garden through different eyes.

What a gorgeous garden! It looks immaculate. Such a lot of hard work to make it like that - but well worth the time and effort. I echo Puddleduck's comment - 'Congratulations' to Dd and her husband. :-)))

30 May, 2011

 

Thankyou for sharing your visit with us, it all looks amazing, love the layout ,arches,the seat,did you sit for a min,?lol, and all the lovely pots. Really pleased that it was a success for Dd and her Oh and that you all had an enjoyable day..
Smashing photo`s and blog Cinders....

30 May, 2011

 

Thank you everyone so much, beautiful comments, and I am sure DD will feel very proud that you all think so highly of her garden. I have been out for the evening so couldnt respond before now. Many thanks again.

30 May, 2011

 

Lovely pics, Cinderella! The garden is gorgeous isn't it, there's not a petal nor blade of grass out of place, it's like something out of 'Homes and Gardens', very chic, the plants are billowy and beautiful, and if you'll excuse me, I'm just off to stuff her gorgeous Lutyens bench in my handbag...heeeave!...

31 May, 2011

 

Absolutely stunning...seing how beautiful the lawn keeps, makes me wish we had just a little more moisture here, ah well..
Well done..

31 May, 2011

 

have to be a very big handbag libet!!!

31 May, 2011

 

It's humungous Sticki! ;0) Full now though!

31 May, 2011

 

I'm glad you all had a lovely day, Dd's garden looks wonderful. Hi to Dd and Shirley, nice to see you both

31 May, 2011

 

i bet its full ~ if its got a beautiful bench in it now!!!

31 May, 2011

 

The best of gardening isnt it?. Bringing people together & simply enjoying like-minded interests. The stone trough & succulents has inspired me as I need an idea for my gravel patch re-vamp.
Happy days & smily faces!!

31 May, 2011

 

Thank you Libet, hope you are enjoying the bench.

Hi Crissue, Your garden is lovely too.
Thank you Annella, and Bampy, the stone troughs did look nice.

31 May, 2011

 

Oh, Cinderella! You're as bad as Sticki! You both made me giggle!

31 May, 2011

 

:-))

31 May, 2011

 

lovely blog again ............. pics great and a lovey piuc of two gawjuss ladies ............... well dun d.d , not so small i think and so much to see , looked at shirlys blog , allso lovely thanks

31 May, 2011

 

Thanks Cristina,

31 May, 2011

 

You certainly had a great day. Some lovely photos here. Look forward to hearing about it when we meet up.

1 Jun, 2011

 

ok Paul

1 Jun, 2011

 

wonderful garden.... wonderful day :o)

1 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks TT

1 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks Cinderella for sharing these pictures of such a beautiful garden.Hats off to Dotty Daisy for such an effort.How I wish I could be there and see the beauty live.

2 Jun, 2011

 

Your welcome Camillia, its lovely to be able to share the photos of such a lovely garden

2 Jun, 2011

 

Hello Cinderella..... hope some day we will be sitting together in some garden with a lots of GoY friends and enjoying the beauty of garden and cakes and coffee too.... well, for now I can just hope that.God bless you.

2 Jun, 2011

 

Thank you for those lovely words Camillia, I hope so too.

2 Jun, 2011

 

absolutely beautiful!

3 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks Daylily

3 Jun, 2011

 

Well, that was the next best thing to actually being there!

3 Jun, 2011

 

What a lovely thing to say, thanks Wagger.

3 Jun, 2011

 

I love your garden. Just beautiful! Love all of it, the benches, the arbors, the plans and the colors and how full and healthy. Well done. I would have loved to walk through your garden too.
Happy gardening.

3 Jun, 2011

 

Angie, sorry but this isnt my garden, its a blog about a garden I visited last week belonging to Dotty Daisy. It was opened on behalf of the NGS. It was absolutely beautiful.

3 Jun, 2011

 

Sorry I knew that, I wasn't thinking I was so taken with the garden. Dotty Daisy sure is a great gardener. I'll have to go check out her bog and pics. Thank you.

3 Jun, 2011

 

what a lovely blog cinders. DD's garden is gorgeous isnt it. lovely photos of lovely plants. well done.

3 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks Sbg, pleased you enjoyed it

3 Jun, 2011

 

what a lovely blog Cinderella some smashing photo's to, the garden looks amazing glad you had a good day..

3 Jun, 2011

 

Thank you Surreylad. Pleased you enjoyed the garden.

3 Jun, 2011

 

hi ya, i am loving the flowers on your pergola, i ahave just put a big one up and am wondering which plant to put up, what was yours called as would like the same in mine, i have early sun til around 4pm so most of the day, many thanks michael x

4 Jun, 2011

 

Hi Posty, this is not my garden, but one I visited last weekend, but I can tell you that they are roses, New Dawn and Compassion. The garden belongs to Dotty Daisy.

4 Jun, 2011

 

thank you they are lovely, so do you think this will be ok to grow up my pergola, new to all this stuff so dont have a clue really, x

4 Jun, 2011

 

I am sure they will be. They are climbing roses.

4 Jun, 2011

 

thank you x

4 Jun, 2011

 

Lovely blog with some wonderful pictures of a gorgeous garden. I particularly love that first picture with the path going under that archway... makes me want to explore further :)

4 Jun, 2011

 

Yes those archways were lovely Jennyfer as was the whole garden. The pathway led to a jungle garden.

4 Jun, 2011

 

sounds gorgeous :)

4 Jun, 2011

 

My sort of garden, absolutely fantastic. so glad the weather was fine for you. x

5 Jun, 2011

 

Thank you Patricia

5 Jun, 2011

 

Stunning garden Cinderella...thanks for showing it to us...Congratulations to DD and her hubby, its obvious how hard they have worked...:Lovely pic of two lovely ladies...>)

5 Jun, 2011

 

Yes I agree, it is a credit to them.

5 Jun, 2011

 

Hi Cinderella, a great blog, thank you so much for sharing your photos of this beautiful garden - wish I'd been there! :-))

6 Jun, 2011

 

Your welcome, it was well worth the journey to visit.

6 Jun, 2011

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Amy
 

Thank you for showing your photos Cinderella , what a beautiful garden and how nice that you were able to meet other GOY members .....

6 Jun, 2011

 

Thats ok Amy, thank you.

6 Jun, 2011

 

another lovely blog on dottys garden cinders, iv enjoyed all of them, seeing the garden from different angels, so much to see and so pretty, been lovely seeing you all enjoying the day with happy smiles, great pics cinders ;o))

12 Jun, 2011

 

Thank you so much San. It was a lovely day, and so nice to meet Shirley and DD and their OH's, and of course Flori and her OH who picked me up on the way. Pleased to see you back on the site San, hope you are feeling better and your hands will soon be ok again.

12 Jun, 2011

 

your welcome cinders, im ok with rest but unfortunatly will never improve ;o( oh well we all have something haha
so not to long at one time on here , but nice to be back amongst everyone on here ;o))

12 Jun, 2011

 

I'm getting round the blogs Cinders lol. Love this garden and your pics are great. I would love to be able to visit all the gardens on here, but this is the next best thing:-)

25 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks Ba, glad you enjoyed looking at the pictures.

25 Jun, 2011

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