Yesterday was a warm and sunny day, just right for visiting gardens and one of my favourite gardens happened to have an open day in aid of charity. It is in a magical valley in the Cotswolds in the tiny village of Dundisbourne Rouse not far from Cirencester.
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| This is the Old Rectory- it doesn't lean it's my photography! |
Lady Mary Keen is a garden guru of long standing. She has written many
books, one of which describes how she designed this particular garden after buying the house and clearing the site.
It couldn't have been an easy process because the garden slopes quite steeply in places but it has the most wonderful atmosphere and though it looks artless, it has strongly designed bones supporting the abundant colourful planting.
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| St Michael's Church which dates from 11th or early 12th century, adjoins the garden of the Rectory |
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| Inside the little School House which once belonged to the Church. This is now a Garden Room with facilities for garden visitors to make a cup of tea and enjoy reading about the garden - it is a delight! |
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| A view of the former School House across the Olympic Flower Meadow |
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This wild flower meadow was planted with a mix of Sarah Raven's flower meadow seeds which
are planted at the Olympic Park. |
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| Another view of the School House |
You can see from the green lushness in these pictures that we have had a tremendous amount of rain but at last the sun is shining so hopefully there will be more flowering and less foliage.
Do hope that these pictures give you a flavour of a wonderful English garden. I came away inspired and replete with scones and cream served at the lovely old kitchen table facing a very interesting china filled dresser. I would have loved to have taken a picture but I felt that it would have been an invasion of privacy.
