Waterperry Gardens (Oxfordshire)
Waterperry Gardens As you probably guessed, my plan to "blog as I go" failed. The fault lies with Blogger or Google, as I could not upload my photos to Blogger on my phone without getting an error message. I tried but eventually gave up. I did post faithfully to Instagram and Facebook, so if you follow me there, you have seen these photos already. I made it home safely late last week. I had a great time and saw several gardens that I only dreamed I would ever see. On day 2, we departed Windsor and headed north. Here we are leaving the Christopher Wren Hotel and heading for Oxfordshire. The first half of the tour was very hot with record temperatures. Our bus was nice and cold though. Enroute to our next hotel, our first stop was Waterperry Gardens in Oxfordshire. I had never heard of it before. It was started as a horticultural school for women in 1932 (very unusual at the time) by Beatrix Havergal and her partner Avice Sanders. Beatrix Havergal (photographed by ...
