A National Trust Garden...

Beautiful photos, sounds like you had a really good time.
The photo of Henry is fantastic, how is he these days ?

I am so thankful for the National Trust ... they have saved so many properties of historical interest ... the gardens always seem to be well maintained ... lovely blog. : o )))

I enjoyed the walk around lovely pics, thankyou for sharing, if you would like the orange poppy seeds I can help!!

So far, so good, thanks, Valadel. We're pleased that the disruption to his routine didn't upset him at all.

It was lovely to get out for just a few hours - and to see this garden. :-))

Thanks - but no thanks about the poppy seeds...Not sure they'd fit my colour schemes!

Lol :o)

great photos...looks a lovely place...Henry is a very handsome boy too

This is one of our favourite NT gardens, did you get to look at the Walled Kitchen garden, its amazing. We tend to stop here on our way back from holidays in the south-west and I always fall for a plant or two!
Your pics are lovely, I esp like the blue flower & the colour clashing duo!

Lovely blog Spritz and wow what a garden, I love that border and I really love colours that clash, thanks for the look around this place, somewhere I probably would not be able to visit.

A lovely blog and photos Spritz, Henry is looking as gorgeous as usual. I wish I'd known about this place while I was down that way. It would have made a lovely escape for a day! I can't imagine y-k-w wanting to visit, can you?

A lovely blog Spritz. It looks a beautiful place and your photos are very good, especially the close-ups of some wonderful plants. I can just imagine your wish-list getting longer and longer and you somehow making more and more spaces somewhere in your garden.
I'm sure Henry is very well mannered, so would be great to look after for the day.
By the way I think it was a Gryphon rather than an eagle.

LOvely photos and blog and a beautiful photo of Henry so pleased he's doing alright.

Hallo Pixielady - no, we only had 1.5 hours there, so I couldn't walk over to the Kitchen Garden - we saw it in the distance, and thought it looked amazing!

Thanks for the nice comments, folks. It makes writing a blog soooo worthwhile!

Ian - No -you're so right! But - it was a long trip, and Holly might have got a bit tired.

Mad - yes, of course it's a gryphon...or should I say two gryphons! LOL. Thanks for telling me. :-)))

fab pics i loved that headge and the the sripy plant dont no the name lol .

Thanks, Cristina - that's an Agave americana. They seem to like cutting hedges into shapes there - there are several places where they've done that.

lovely blog, I have been here too. It is gorgeous. And you were very restrained at the plant stall. did you get round the house too? We had two trips as the first day it rained stair rods so we just went round the house. so we went back the next sunny day and had a wonderful day just in the gardens. The walled garden is stunning too.

No - I walked in the garden nearest the house, and OH went inside...he said it was highly ornate and enormous! We'd both have liked to walk to the walled bit, but we ran out of time.

I bought two plants - the Diascia and a Heucherella 'Alabama Sunrise' to replace one that died....;-(( There were plenty more I'd have liked, though. What a good Plant Sales area it is! :-))

glad you managed to get out for the afternoon barbara, lovely place to visit i bet, lovely pics to, wish i could look after henry for you, not saying i would let you have him back mind lol, ;o))

I have to admit that it would be nice to get out for a whole day occasionally....so come on down Sandra! :-)))

Yes - it was a lovely place. :-))

packing my bag barbara ;o))

:-))))))))

It was difficult - I'd have lingered and been tempted for sure, except that it was 5 o'clock and they were closing any minute. :-((

Lovely pic of Henry! Glad that you got "time out" and to a very lovely place, too. Many thanks for sharing your visit to these wonderful gardens. :-))

Thanks, David. I think we needed a short break away from the 'full house' we had. :-))

glad you managed a day out, one I've wanted to visit, looks lovely. The orange poppy - want any seed? it's a perennial

No thanks - the only place where I grow orange flowers is in my 'hot border' and as it faces east, I don't 'think' that popppies would like it, do you???? Or do you??? lol.

they're the Meconopsis cambrica type, double hardy perennial, so they don't mind some shade

Really? Then, yes please, if it's not too much trouble....lovely. They can enjoy 'clashing' with 'Ann Folkard'.

will put it with the 'order' ;-) (I'm a bit behind, hopefully should have a quiet week next week)

Thanks, G. xxx

What a great Blog Spritz, enjoyed the pics very much, looks live a lovely place to visit. Henry looks very regal in his photo too.

He likes posing for the camera. Bell! ;-)

I'd like to go there again - next time, we'll try to have more time there, and go at a different time of year, too.