Views towards Rothbury, taken in the formal garden at Cragside.
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Looking Towards Rothbury
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 13th 2011
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Catching the Rays
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 12th 2011
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Welcome to Cragside Gardens
Regular readers will know that Cragside is one of my favourite places to visit. During my recent visit to Northumberland I enjoyed seeing the gardens in a different season. In this post you can see the formal gardens being stripped back and prepared for the summer bedding.
New to me on this visit was the addition [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2011
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Floors Castle – The Millenium Parterre
To celebrate the millennium, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe commissioned the construction of an ornamental parterre on the Queen’s lawn by Floors Castle.
I found it a little disappointing that provisions haven’t been made to view the whole design of the garden from a higher viewpoint.
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 30th 2011
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Some Blooms from the Garden
20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 28th 2011
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Floors Castle – The Walled Garden
The walled garden at Floors castle was an unexpected treat and it was free to visit:
Here, Queen Victoria took tea during her visit in 1867. Today’s visitors can enjoy the splendid food and refreshments on sale at The Terrace restaurant. home bakes, cakes and shortbread, traditional game pies, pates, preserves and jams are all made [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 27th 2011
