The weather was perfect, we (my Mum and I) arrived just before a tour of the ‘Lady Berwick Garden’ was due to take place.  It was an opportunity not to be missed.

Warden, Ron Iremonger took us on the short walk to the garden.  Along the way we learned many interesting facts about the house, estate and gardens.  I will share some of them with you in due course, but for now enjoy the view from the ‘Lady Berwick Garden’ which is quite hidden.  I would never have thought to check out the path that lead there, but now I know

I will leave you with two pictures from the garden, they are taken from the snowy ground that you can see in the last photo of my previous post.

This is such a perfect topic for a tree lover like me. I have so many photos to choose from. I settled with these three.

The first photo was taken in my garden last week as the sun was setting.

The other two were taken in Attingham Park in February last year.  They remind me of my Dad, it is difficult to explain why.

I should be visiting Attingham tomorrow and that connects up with another story related to my Dad

For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.

Most of the trees and shrubs along the river-side walk are species that might have been planted in the 1770s.  An exception is the ‘Ravenna’ pine grown from the seed of a tree thought to have been brought by the last Lady Berwick from Italy.  The venerable trunk of  an elderly Acacia conveys the air of antiquity for which these tress were admired in the 18th century.  It was due to the vigilance of the 8th Lord Berwick that so many mature trees have survived along this walk and were saved from being felled to meet the wartime need for timber. *

*From the National Trust guide book.