BOGOF Day at Hilliers Gardens
By theoldgunner
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Yesterday was such a lovely day we decided to use our BOGOF tickets to check out the gardens in the Spring. We weren’t disapointed, the gardens were already colourful.
The first thing of note was the giant spade!
We started off in the Ten Acres West part of the garden.
We were lucky enough to be at the gardens when the Camelias and Helleborus were at their best.
Other areas of thr garden also colourful and worth the odd shot or 2.
We finished off at the Acer Valley end of the gardens. The trunks looked fantastic!
With all the colour around, we can’t wait to go back and see this view again.
20 Mar, 2011
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I don`t blame you, it looks beautiful and well worth another visit.
Thankyou for sharing what was a grand day out.......
20 Mar, 2011
You've really captured the spring gardens in a very pleasing way...no wonder you want to return as the garden matures in spring/summer.
They are beautiful...and the acer bark is so attractive :)
20 Mar, 2011
Thanks for this OG. The Hilliers stand is always my favourite in the Grand Pavilion at Chelsea, and Andy McIndoe is always there to chat with everyone....very lovely garden isn't it....lucky you! :))
20 Mar, 2011
What a lovely place to visit - I've never actually heard of it so I assume it is somewhere near you ? I like the reddish looking tree which appears to have a reddish bark as well - most unusual.
Hope you post some pics when you go back - later in the summer perhaps ?
Happy days.
20 Mar, 2011
Beautiful pics ... another place I'd like to visit ... one day soon maybe! Pleased you enjoyed your visit. : o ))
20 Mar, 2011
Great photos Paul. You obviously had a lovely day out. Must get over there and take a look, but so much I want to do in the garden at the moment.
20 Mar, 2011
That's a beautiful place. I'm glad you had the chance to visit it and share your photos :o)
21 Mar, 2011
Lovely gardens, really nice to see photos of it.
21 Mar, 2011
Lovely photos Og
21 Mar, 2011
great photos Tog and what a lovely place to, so much colour :o)
21 Mar, 2011
Smashing photos, with so much colour and interest. I envy you, nothing much like that around me, but other peoples gardens are nice to peak at just now especially the magnolias.
27 Mar, 2011
Nice blog Paul.
11 Apr, 2012
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Glad you had a good time, looks lovely! Really good photos. My favorite is the one of the Maple, with the peeling bark, is just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing them!
20 Mar, 2011