On my recent journey to Glansevern Hall Gardens I noticed a monument on the top of hill, it was neatly framed by trees that reminded me of soldiers marching. Whilst walking around the garden I spotted the hill and the monument again and was able to zoom in close with my camera.
The County War Memorial is sited on the summit of Town Hill, Montgomery and is a prominent feature of the landscape. The designer is unknown, but it was unveiled in 1924 to commemorate those who fell in the First World War. An additional inscription was added following the Second World War. It is a lofty doric column of ashlar on a high pedastal above a base of two square steps. The inscription on the north-western side reads ‘To the/ glorious memory/ of the brave men of/ Montgomeryshire/ who fell in the/ Great War 1914-1919′, that on the south-west side reads ‘Also in memory/ of those from/ this county/ who gave their/ lives in the/ World War/ 1939-1945/ At the going down/ of the sun/ and in the morning/ we will remember them’.
In 1990 the column was damaged by an earthwake, but restoration was subsequently carried out and the memorial was re-dedicated on 5 October 2002.
Maybe I need to take a walk up that hill next time we visit the gardens 
Tags: Defence Matters, Glansevern Hall Gardens, Montgomeryshire, Wales, War Memorial, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
… in the evening sunshine.
A perfect end to a lovely anniversary weekend break. We were gifted with perfect weather to enjoy the occasion 
Tags: Anniversary, Champagne, Cherie's Place, Life, Lincoln, Love, Patio, Sunshine, Weekend away
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Victor Hugo
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Glansevern Hall, an elegant Greek revival house, is romantically positioned on the banks of the River Severn in a beautiful parkland setting with sweeping views over Mid Wales, to the Kerry Hills and the Montgomeryshire County War Memorial.
The gardens extend to 25 acres and are a mixture of formal planting, lawns, a huge lake and many unusual and ancient specimen trees.
Begin your tour from the elegant Georgian courtyard through our magnificent new Ginkgo gates into the original walled garden. This was entirely remodelled in 2001 and comprises separate themed “rooms”, including a Rose Garden, White Garden, Kitchen and Cutting Garden.
Open the large oak door and discover the extraordinary Victorian Grotto and Rockery dating from around 1840. Continue through the Folly Garden and Wildflower Meadow (seasonal), down to the River Severn and the secluded, raised Bird Hide by the river’s edge.
The longer walk will take you to the five acre Lake where you will find plenty of peaceful places to sit, and from where you can meander through dappled, wooded shade over an iron footbridge offering views across the Lake. Discover the charming, cascading Water Garden, fed from the Montgomeryshire Canal, with Candelabra Primulas, Hostas and other water loving plants. The Lakeside Walk leads you past the Island and its Iron Gazebo, a haven for visiting waterfowl, which can include swans, geese, goosanders, pochard and, if you are lucky, our resident kingfishers.
Closer to the house, the Formal Gardens offer a stunning, scented Wisteria Fountain Walk (seasonal), traditional long borders, peonies and the original Georgian Orangery.
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We had an extra day off courtesy of Her Majesty the Queen in honour of her birthday. The weather was perfect for a short excursion to enjoy the sunshine, whilst it lasted. I did some quick research to find somewhere nearby that we had never been before and we settled on Glansevern Hall Gardens.
Taking advantage of the weather, I pegged some washing on the line before we set off for the gardens, arriving just in time for lunch. The menu was interesting; with so many choices I had difficulty in deciding what to choose. I asked about a couple of the options and was apologetically informed that some things had sold out because they had been extremely busy on bank holiday Monday. I said it wasn’t a problem and I settled on a parma ham and sun-blushed tomato ciabatta. It was delicious.
When we finished lunch we enjoyed a walk around the gardens, which are lovely and peaceful. The garden wasn’t as colourful as we would have expected for this time of year. We found out later when chatting to the lady in the entrance kiosk that this was due to the cold winds we have been experiencing which has set the garden growth back by a month. After the gardens we took the scenic route home, stopping for a cup of tea along the way. Our first choice of venue was unexpectedly shut so we traveled on to Church Stretton where we knew of another nice tea shop. There was an embarrassing teapot moment, when the pot decided it didn’t want to pour straight and more tea ended up on the table than in the cup!
Suitably refreshed, we returned home in time to meet with the gentleman that is going to remove our disintegrating shed for us.
Tags: Cherie's Place, Garden, Glansevern Hall Gardens, Wales
The weather has been unusually kind to us for a bank holiday weekend. This meant a trip to a garden centre to obtain some plants to fill some of the vacant spaces in our garden borders. We spent this afternoon filling the new border and some pots on the patio. We sat outside for a while in the afternoon sunshine to enjoy the new transformation. As you can see the garden is still very much a work in progress. Tomorrow we have someone coming to look at the area where our shed is. Hopefully he will be able to do the work that needs doing to demolish the existing shed and replace it with a new one.
I will leave you with a photograph that at took in the early hours of the morning before I went to bed. I am not sure where the time had gone and why I was up so late/early. But I was rewarded with this beautiful sight before I drifted off to sleep listening the birds singing their morning chorus
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
The Buddha
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