Visit to Chartwell - Home of Sir Winston Churchill

Could that purple plant be Allium pulchellum ?

Lovely blog Ptracey :0)

Thank you both - I'm glad you've enjoyed it. Have just googled Allium pulchellum Pimp, and me thinks you are right! I've noticed that a lot of the NT gardens don't display plant sticks :( It's very frustrating when you see something you really like!

Wow Tracey - brilliant blog - thank you. I've always wanted to visit Chartwell, and now I've seen it. Were some of Churchill's own paintings displayed in the house?

Yes Sheila, the house is full of his pictures, and the studio in the garden is also open for you to view his paintings too.
Glad you've enjoyed the tour!

Excellent blog - thanks for sharing

Great blog, thanks for the tour.

Thank you Petaltracey, lovely walled garden.
Some years ago on a cycle tour I visited Winston Churchill's grave. The Churchwarden on duty told me, that ever since the War, every Saturday afternoon, young people have gone to that Churchyard to stand by Winston's grave. Thats something you dont hear about on the tele !

Brilliant blog!

Lovely place - and those Delphiniums! Thanks for the tour. :o)

I went a few years ago and thought it a lovely place, although its big its not huge and as I walked around the house it somehow felt homely, his wifes bedroom I thought lovely with windows on three sides and downstairs in front of the french doors a table was set for tea........

The gardens are lovely as you said Petal and we went to his studio ......I thought some of his perspective as bad as mine.......but that wasn't the point, like the wall he kept rebuilding (they tookpart of it down when he went back to London) it kept him calm during the awful wartime years.

Thanks Petal you stirred some lovely memories

It's a wonderful place. Beautiful gardens and interesting house .

Great blog Tracey. I didnt know about the history of the rose garden. A lovely piece of recent history, makes it easy to see and imagine the Churchills when they actually lived there. I liked all the personal touches through the house, like the photographs and personal bits and pieces given by Clementine to the NT. The picture of the chair by the stream makes it easy to imagine him sitting there relaxing and thinking over all the problems he had to face whilst he was in government. I must visit it again soon.

SUPER DUPER TERRIFIC AND BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!, TRACEY:-)

Really glad you've all enjoyed my tour of Chartwell - and I'm pleased to have stirred some memories too! It's lovely inside the house too and although Clementine didn't like Chartwell (Winston purchased the house without her knowledge -something unheard of these days eh?) she had excellent taste in furniture and soft furnishings. Shame I couldn't photograph inside the house for you all. But if you're ever over the Westerham area of Kent - do visit you won't be disappointed :o)))))

beautiful pictures Tracey

Thanks Paul - I'm not that great at taking pictures! You should see some of the one's I took at Hampton Court last week... People kept walking in front of me just as I clicked :D Thankgoodness for Digital camera's!

Great Blog Tracey. I've never been, just driven by many times on my way to a fav restarant :-)

Thanks Sally. It's well worth a visit - and if you fancy lunch, there's a good NT Restaurant :o)
(And a shop selling Rose's, Clematis and lots of cottage garden plants!)

Hi. I work in the gardens at Chartwell and stumbled across your lovely blog. Great stuff! Glad you enjoyed your visit. The purple plants you asked about is Allium cernuum in case you hadn't already worked that out. We've recently been planting more of them around the garden.

Incidentally, I write the garden blog at Chartwell. You can read new updates each week at http://chartwellgardensnt.wordpress.com/

We hope to see you there again soon...

Jamie

Thanks Jamie - glad you enjoyed it, I was so pleased to visit at the same time that the roses were in full flower. I'll check out your garden blog too, it must be fab working in such beautiful gardens whatever the weather!? Thanks again, Tracey

Hi again Tracey

I am thinking about writing a blog about some of the other blogs that have been written about visits to the gardens at Chartwell. Would you be willing to allow me to include your blog in this and perhaps just write a few words about why you visited us and what you thought about Chartwell?

You can contact me at jamie.harris@nationaltrust.org.uk if you wish.

Thanks very much

Jamie