Gardens

I think it’s going to be Gardens, Gardens and more Gardens for the next few entries, or maybe I’ll be able to squeeze them into only a couple!  We’ll see!  I seem to have visited a few gardens and a couple of garden centres recently. We visited the first two gardens in East Lothian, on a wet wet day, but it was still enjoyable to wander round.

The gardens of Stobshiel House were the first we explored.  

 

 

 

 

There was an  exhibition of sculptures by Kate Denton in the grounds and in a marquee in the garden. 

 

 

 

 

They were rather lovely!

The gardens were lovely too, a mixture of formal and semi-wild. I can’t remember the whole story but a 9-year old in times past was allowed to create her very own piece of garden, and as a result the rock garden was born!    

Before we took a walk through the gate to the side garden I took a photo of this beautiful excordia – Pearlbush - and the pink tulips at the front door of the house.

Then through the gate I couldn’t resist the fabulous clematis.  We were in the knot garden by then with paths wandering around, past the little summer house and past a couple more sculptures, this wonderful macaw 

 and these marvelllous  magpies fighting over the golden ball!  You’ll see them better if you click on them to enlarge the picture.  The flowers were lovely too.

Sorry I don’t know all their names.

 

 

These are hellebores - below.

 

 

 

That’s the excordia again on the left, – another one.

Well, I was going to try and fit the other garden visit in, but it’s late and I need to get some sleep, so more from East Lothian next time.

Talk again soon.