Lovely English gardens - on tour May 21-24 -2012

Lovely gardens in the counties south of London. We were a group of 15 who went to England on a wonderful tour.

Here are some the photos from May 21-24 2012. We were out three days including the famous gardens of Sissinghurst and Great Dixter, Pashley manor, Vann gardens etc. The last day we spent at flower show Chelsea flower show in London. Everything was great, including the weather which was 27 degrees at Chelsea (photos from flower show later).

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 Vann gardens, pond and gunnera manicata. 

Lava and moss on romantic sofa and forget-me-nots. 

One of my friends Birgitta travelled with us. Here stunned at Vann. 

 This part of the garden, the water garden was originally designed by William Caröe in cooperation with the "neighbor" Gertrude Jekyll.  A pond - not visible run through the axis. 

Another angle of the water garden. 

Two of the garden tourists in our Swedish group, at West Deans

 West Deans fruit trees are marvelous. Flowering in the beginning of May .

 Kitchen garden 




Sussex Prairie garden

Buxus 


Sussex prairie gardens in the beginning of May



Sussex prairie gardens, the owner Paul and the sheep.

Kiki och Paul in discussions. 




Pashley manor, romantic. 

Christina, Anki and Birgitta. 

Art

The sheep out there...closed to the man-made garden...

Pashley manor. 

Camellia. 


Fariy tale Sheep. 




Sissinghurst from the tower. 

Rosegarden

Cottagegarden

The white garden at Sissinghurst. 







Vita Sackville -West herself..

Clematis montana and rose R. banksiae 'lutea' frames the entrance at Sissinghurst. 

Magnolia liliflora nigra


Clematis montana, perhaps 'Elizabeth'

Clematis 'Asao' 

Clematis 'mrs chomondeley'

spring garden - at the end. 




spring garden, favorite of Harold Nicholson- husband of Vita Sackville-West.

Photographing in cottage-garden. 

Wisteria, alba. 



Cottagegarden 

Rose, Rose Banksiae 'lutea'

Many workers at Sissinghurst, to keep the garden at it s best, all time. 

Silvery foliage and green and white in White garden. Here a pear.

Wow. 

Meadow. 

Oast-houses 

Our driver, Paul, drove safely.  

Great Dixter

Great Dixter. Californian poppies and poppies from  Wales. 

We´re signing the guestbook at Great Dixter. 

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