Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing: -”Oh, how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade.
Rudyard Kipling, “The Glory of the Garden”
Archive for the tag 'Burton Agnes Hall'
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2010
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100 Photos 28 :: Poppies
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 9th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Statue Fountain
This pretty fountain with water cascading out of it’s leaf tips is by Marion Smith.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Potager…
…and beyond.
The potager is filled with vegetables, herbs and flowers that can be cut for the house. This part of the garden is laid out symmetrically into blocks:
Runner beans and sweet peas are planted along the edges of the wide paths which provide a cool root run. Herbs are planted in the corners along [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 7th 2010
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More Garden Games…
…from Burton Agnes Hall.
I hope you enjoy the separate garden rooms in Burton Agnes garden
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 5th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Open
This was taken in Burton Agnes Garden, which is Elizabethan in style.
Since 1990 the family have been involved in a major redevelopment of the garden. The garden has many different garden rooms showing different themes and colours. The aim was to make it a garden that all the family can enjoy and several [...]
30 Comments CherryPie on Jul 2nd 2010
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100 Photos 27 :: Board Games
Some of you will already know that I am very fond of board games and that I have quite a collection of them. Snakes and Ladders isn’t usually a game I would play, my usual choice is a strategy game. It was however fun to play because it was hidden away in Burton [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 1st 2010
