A visit to Beth Chatto`s garden.

That looks lovely,Elsiemay,despite the dry weather.Would love to go there sometime.It doesn't make us feel too bad about our dry lawns, does it ?We all have something in common there.

You lucky thing i would love to go there, i have a lot of her books and admire her enormously.
That last picture shows her grass to be very green in that area, i'm surprised seeing as the other pictures show her grass looking as brown and parched as mine !
Is her garden centre/plant sales area attached to the gardens ..... if so, did you buy anything ?

thanks Bloomer...that`s just how i felt too....The last picture Louise was partly shaded by some trees so i suppose that helped the grass there & yes the nursery is attached to the gardens & i bought a deep red Achillea which i now have to find room for !!

You were very restrained there, Elsie !!!
Love achilleas :-)))

Beautiful garden to visit Elsiemay...thank you so much for sharing with us.:))

lol Louise...thankyou Michaella...who better to share with then GOY friends...

Thanks for taking us with you really enjoyed it..

thankyou Clarice...

A wonderful place. Well worth a visit :o) Thank you

I went there last year in May - school trip - fell in love with it... so wonderfull and so natural... was hoping to go there this spring again, but just too much assingments...
sad looking lawn, but this year is really dry... almost all lawns in London and around look just like that...

thankyou Hywel...it was wonderful... Okasia hope you can go again soon

Thanks -that brings back memories - but where's the gravel garden? That was my favourite part! I have a few plants from her Nursery...it's lovely to look at them and know where they came from.

I want to go again...and again....:-))

yes Spritz the gravel garden was there & lovely is was too...for some reason the photos i took of it didn`t come out,my husband said it`s my fault & not the cameras...never mind i`ll have to go again !

You will indeed! That's an excellent excuse...tell him Spritz was disappointed at not seeing her favourite part of Beth's garden! ;-)

Lol...will do !

;-)))))

Just seen this Elsiemay, always wanted to go there. Is that genista aetnensis? (not sure of the spelling). In the bottom pic, which I love, the land seems to curve and it possibly accounts for the green grass as it could be in a shallow dip??:-)

did you mean the pic with the yellow flowers, that is alstromeria & yes the land did curve & there`s some shade from large trees...it`s worth a visit very pretty & the nursey has a good selection too!

I meant 4th pic down Elsiemay. I would not be as good as you when it came to the nursery lol:-)

to be honest i can`t remember what that was called, i`m not very good with trees!

What a beautiful garden. Great photos,Excellent blog :)

Lovely pix and blog :o)

thankyou Anchorman & Pip...it`s a lovely place to visit