Our UK Trip. Summer August 2018.

 Here are a few pictures I have selected from our visit to Hestercombe Gardens. At one time my brother was Head Gardener and was involved in the Restoration of the Victorian Gardens that are quite a poplar garden to visit in the West Country. They are just on the outskirts of Taunton.

The hot weather this year that they experience in the English countryside did have a bearing on the show of flowers.

The first picture is of the formal gardens outside the house. The second picture is a farm gate taken  in landscape gardens which is a lovely walk around the pond with different little places of interest to see on your walk. A lovely little rustic bridge over the stream that falls away from one of the big ponds, which had a swan and ducks swimming on.

The lonely swan on the lake lost its partner a few years ago and they have introduce various swans but it didn't accept the ones put there, so the lonely swan is joined by a few ducks.

The lake cascades in a waterfall and joins the smaller pond.



I'll leave you with a few more photos of the formal gardens with its rills and fountains.

Everywhere looks so green but a bit disappointing with the flower colour. But we did manage to find some colour of flowers and hope some can be used for my thread painting at a later date.

In my next blog I will show you some views from our Cornish holiday.

Feel free to comment, it is always nice to hear what people think or questions they may have.

My brother David gives garden talks on Hestercombe with a presentation of the garden in different stages of growth. If you are on Facebook you could check out my page Ally Bryant or David Usher where he has some small clips of the beautiful gardens of the South West of England. He at present is planning speaking engagements for Canada in 2020.

I would be remiss not to apologies for the absent of blogs early in the spring, and this summer has been a busy time for us. Hoping to get back into the groove.