It’s a super opportunity to visit some wonderful gardens made by very skilled gardeners
and this is the season when most of their plantings are in bloom
We asked two gardening friends to join us and had a fantastic day
Fresh Woods was our first and all of us had visited this multi focused garden before
There is a small entry charge which goes to charity and Fresh Woods always has good plants for sale
There are magnificent mature trees throughout the garden, which has many different garden 'rooms'
The bees were really attracted by this large magnificent raceme Eremurus Foxtail lily
it took several hours to identify this magnificent tall plant. Not a true lily but a rhizome and originally from Asia
Superb roses everywhere and the bees were enjoying them too
Another beauty. One of our friends bought a plant of a similar rose, the Rosa Chinensis Mutabilis,
which is yellow when it opens then changes colour to this rich pink when mature
A plant normally found in Europe, a Hellebore or Lenten Rose
Penstemon plant attracting many bees
The roses and other climbers have been allowed to grow rampant and they twine high up in the trees,
a glorious spectacle of blooms
Cool green woodland glades
The Pine forest with very tall trees
There are many different garden rooms at Fresh Woods
and the one to seek out is the Acer garden, planted with a good selection of Japanese maples
A dark wine-coloured acer with orange tips
Oh, to have a garden like this, full of colour and tranquillity
White with some green variation and the newest growth is pale pink
Fire in the trees
Vivid red leaves of an Acer against a background of bright green leaves
and an arrow of glowing oranges, a red hot poker beneath the Japanese maple
About to flower, a white Rhododendron
Absolute perfection, a pink dune rose
A bed of red Geum
A matching Azalea
A beautiful purple Iris, Siberian ... or?
Is this the white rose of York? Doubtful, because of the pale apricot when young
So delicate you can see through the petals of this old rose
A bed of cream foxgloves and blue Larkspurs in a border
Sea Pointers Joe & Kerry Abramowitz taking their ease in a shady nook
Time for tea and scones and they were delicious. R20 for two halved scones with strawberry jam and cream
We sat under a huge pin oak while having tea, a cool green canopy
The Fresh Woods house
Time to head for the next open garden
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