Archive for the tag 'Walled Garden'
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
Spring is in the Air
8 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2018
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence, Until you come and sit awhile with me.
Brendan Graham
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
A Lunchtime Expedition
When I finished work at the end of June I had lots of plans for the summer months, including days out in the sun. The summer didn’t quite happen and there has hardly a day gone by without rain at some point during the day. I have enjoyed my time; having space for myself, clearing [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2017
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Leuven 2015
Park Abbey – Vegetable Garden
Every abbey had a vegetable garden. The abbey’s gardeners grew a wide range of vegetables for the monastery kitchen such as onions, leeks and celery but also lesser-known vegetables such as winter radish, parsnip or spinach beet. The Parc Abbey was no different.
Up until the 16th century, important parts of the garden slope were planted [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2015
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 11th 2014
The fine woodland walk led us to the secret garden:
There is the Walled Garden, half a mile from the house through the East Wood, opening up like a secret suddenly revealed. Developed with flowers and shrubs, rather than kitchen produce, by the National Trust, this garden still retains its intimacy and has colour all [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 10th 2014
More ‘In the Circle’ can be found in the gallery.
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2013
