Archive for the tag 'Garden'
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Malham 2011
Bolton Castle – The Gardens
The castle gardens were re-instated following an archaeological survey in 1994. The castle guidebook describes the gardens as they are today:
Immediately in front of the Castle are two walled gardens which have been laid out along medieval lines, but reduced somewhat in size and scale. The herb garden contains over 50 varieties of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 11th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Gardens, Holidays
Looking Towards Rothbury
Views towards Rothbury, taken in the formal garden at Cragside.
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 13th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Gardens, Holidays
Catching the Rays
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 12th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Gardens, Holidays
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
Filed under Crookham 2011, Gardens, Holidays
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
