There's a bright golden haze on the meadow...! Yes, I love a sunny day so yesterday Mark and I headed off to Holt to the National Trust's
The Courts. It is such a beautiful place - just the right balance between formal gardens with manicured lawns, ponds and channels of water, strangely shaped hedges etc and wild areas of buttercups and Queen Anne's Lace.
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| the Courts at Holt |
The vegetable and fruit garden is particularly fine; allium and violas snuggling between the rows of veg and blossoming fruit trees. I have long coveted a rhubarb forcer like this one (will add it to my Christmas list).
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| rhubarb forcer |
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| the Courts at Holt |
It was such a lovely day, there were more visitors than I have seen there before - including several extended families picnicking in the less formal areas, and this little fella exploring the gardens and rushing up to anyone who would make a fuss of him...
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| little black cat |
...what a garden to play in!
It was so hot and sunny, I had to do my English rose act in a wide-brimmed hat.
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| reflections of an English rose |
For a little shade, this tree was perfect.
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| beautiful tree at the Courts, Holt |
Even when we left the gardens, plants in the village were competing...this clematis montana seems set on world domination!
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| clematis montana on a mission |
I've never seen a rhubarb forcer before, but it seems like a really good idea - I am very fond of rhubarb!
ReplyDeleteYou must have had a lovely day out!
it was a very lovely day. You can buy modern rhubarb forcers that look quite similar and are about £20 and I could age it with some live yoghurt.
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