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Filed under Arundel & Brighton 2023, Gardens, Holidays
Arundel Castle – Walled Garden
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2023
Filed under Arundel & Brighton 2023, Gardens, Heritage, Holidays
The Collector Earl’s Garden
The garden is a memorial to the 14th Earl of Arundel, an avid art collector. The garden has a central canal with a domed pergola and fountains. The centrepiece of the garden is a rockwork mountain planted with palms and ferns to represent another world. A green oak version of ‘Oberon’s Palace’ flanked by two [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2023
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Arundel Castle Rose Garden
In the castle Rose Garden we have a wonderful array of roses planted for their colour, scent and structures giving everyone a good idea of different varieties, looking for a shrub, climber or standard rose. This garden is enhanced by the dramatic backdrop of the ancient castle, which is reflected by the gothic archways and [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2023
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Race for Reading – Day Twenty Eight
Hodnet Hall gardens…
2 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2023
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth
Robert Frost
6 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2023
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A Perfect Day…
… for lunch and an afternoon stroll around Powis Castle gardens
6 Comments CherryPie on May 13th 2023
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Hampton Court Castle & Gardens
The weather was glorious so we visited Hampton Court in Hope Under Dinmore, Herefordshire. We had lunch in the orangery where I chose a Coronation Chicken sandwich before taking a guided tour of the castle. After the castle tour we enjoyed a walk around the gardens which are currently between seasons. The maze and its [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2023
