Another glorious day drove me outside again, this time for a leasurely drive over to Barnsdale Gardens near Oakham in the county of Rutland. Perhaps you've been yourself but for those that havent, Barnsdale Gardens was the dream garden of Geoff Hamilton.
He bought Barnsdale in 1984 with approx 5 acres of land, of which most was laid to pasture, so he asked a local farmer to plough most of it up and after planting one or two mature trees and shrubs, he set about on the first garden project for the BBC's TV program Gardeners World.
Over the years the gardens have been developed into seperate small segments, each with their own theme, like the Town Paradise Garden, the Cottage Garden, the Japanese Garden and many more, in fact neary 40 themed areas! 
It was another lovely spring day and seeing all the blossom and plants well and truly waking up definitely made my trip worth while.
1 comment:
I loved his Cottage Garden series and have a few books by him. Great Gardener and it looks like a lovely Garden to visit.
Love
Lyn
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