A family day trip to
RHS Garden Rosemoor near Great Torrington in North Devon.
Mum wanted to see the William Morris exhibition so we all went along, and didn't realise that the exhibition closed earlier than the garden; we missed it. Fail. Mum & Kate went back on our way home from Cornwall though so she got to see it in the end.
We also saw a rather amazing feat of knitting in a marquee on one of the lawn terraces. There was everything you could imagine in a sea scene, including a life-size mermaid and a lifeboat! Those who know me will know that I am a keen (but not overly skilled) crocheter who normally has several projects under way at once.
There are lots of different bits of the garden which showcase how good the RHS is at everything. There were some rose gardens at the top full of lovely smelling specimens. We also spotted a little mouse in a flowerbed! He didn't seem to mind us being there, but was a bit put out when Dad poked him with the umbrella...
My favourite bits were the kitchen garden (such amazing fruit & veg!), the cottage garden (I think I prefer informal planting, to use horticultural terms!) and the hot coloured garden (can't remember the official name) which is planted with lots of orange, red and yellow.
Black Eyed Susans from above, reminding me strongly of 60s wallpaper.
And from below.
One of many rather nice dahlias.
Some ladies taking in the view of the hot coloured garden.
Echinacea in the cottage garden.
A lovely peacock butterfly on the best coloured kind of lilac.
A blue hydrangea down by the pond/lake.
A gourd hiding in the kitchen garden.
A rain-spotted but vibrant dahlia in the shop.
Again I suffered from the frustrations of the Kodak CX7350 and took more on film, which will be posted at a later date. I should soon be getting another little compact digital camera to play with though. Hurrah! I'd rather like to go back for a more relaxed visit on a sunnier day, it's a shame it's so hard to get to.
More (and soon to be film) in
my Rosemoor set on Flickr.
