Village Open Gardens

How lovely . . . garden Open Days are inspirational, aren't they, and 10 sounds a good number to get round. Our town has 24 open in June which is a bit of a challenge!

That is a lot Sheila, it took me over 2 hours to view 10.

Beautiful gardens thank you :o)

That must have been a lovely way to spend an afternoon, thankyou for sharing......

Thanks for your blog and photos love to visit other peoples gardens, never done 10 though.

Lovely gardens! Same feeling as you - 'stark' just doesn't do it for me, although I appreciate the work involved to keep it looking that way! I used to enjoy my own personal 'garden viewing' when I was still at work and had to park the car a mile away from the train station and walk. It was great seeing how the front gardens progressed through the seasons and through several years - I'm assuming no-one knew I was 'spying?' ;o)

I'm glad you enjoyed a look at some of the gardens. Next Sunday a lovely garden near the park is open. It once belonged to the writer, Beverly Nichols. I have seen it in the late summer, but never in the Spring.

Sorry i have only just seen this.

its lovely, there are two villages near here that do this ~ i think its a wonderful thing, just lovely to see so many different ideas.

I love looking at other people's gardens Sticki. There are always ideas to be had I think. At one I noticed a large plant pot with a big piece missing from one side. It was lying on its side, broken side up, and planted with pansies. Looked great. I would just have thrown it away.

i think i might just go and check the dates of the two near us;
another advantage, especially if you have a new garden, is to find out what is possible to grow in your area ie find out which things like that soil.