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The Garden House (Devon, England)

The destinations are beginning to blur but looking at the tour guide booklet, I see that we are now in Plymouth. Today, we visited two gardens designed by Keith Wiley.  The first is The Garden House , where Wiley worked as Head Gardener for 25 years (from 1978-2003). The 10-acre estate was purchased in the 1940s by former Eton schoolmaster Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katherine. It was formerly home to the  vicars of Buckland Monachronum. The Fortescue's renovated the gardens and ran a market garden business and raised cattle.  The remains of some of the original buildings in the vicarage still stand in the garden and serve as a romantic backdrop in the Walled Garden - I loved the way they had massed ferns together. Just stunning! Surrounding the walled garden and venturing out away from the house are more naturalistic plantings  - Today, the head gardener is Nick Haworth, who was previously head gardener at Greenway , which we visited earlier.  Keith Wiley lef...
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It's snowing!

A rare event in my neck of the woods and we all go nuts. It started around 2pm and was still coming down at 5pm. Most of it is melting though. I managed to take a few shots when I got home from work before it got too dark. You can't see it falling in the photos - how do you photograph falling snow?













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  1. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2008 at 8:52 PM

    Phillip, your winter garden looks great. Enticing structure in every view, and your Southern garden is nice and green.

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  2. RuralityJanuary 17, 2008 at 6:15 AM

    It snowed here all afternoon but it was 42 so nothing stuck. :(

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  3. Sweet Home and Garden CarolinaJanuary 17, 2008 at 8:25 AM

    A rare event indeed, Phillip. I was ten before I saw a real snowfall in Alabama. I am amused by the story of a little girl in Florida upon seeing her first snowfall. " Look, Mommy, the rain has popped ! "

    This morning's paper shows rainfall in the deep South. Have you had any significant coverage ?

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2008 at 2:42 PM

    My compliments on your beautiful garden. Mine is currently under about a foot and a half of snow. It will stay that way most likely till sometime in March or April. I was interested to see that you are taking a Master Gardner's course. I start mine tomorrow for Northern gardening.

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  5. KC MO Garden GuyJanuary 18, 2008 at 5:01 PM

    You have some great bones to your garden that makes it look inviting even in winter. Wish I could send you some more snow we have had our share up here. Just got 4 inches a couple of days ago and a dusting on top of that today. Tomorrow moring in will get to 2 below zero. Burrrrrr!!

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  6. RandyJanuary 21, 2008 at 6:30 AM

    Phillip,
    Wasn't the snow just wonderful? In the South is brings out the kid in every adult. Ours came down hard for a little while, but was gone in just a few hours.

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  7. JonJanuary 22, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    Hi Phillip,
    Nice shots of your snowfall. We got a dusting over here in Vicksburg, MS, but it melted soon as it hit the ground. It was fun to see and realize that the rare event brings out the hidden kid within us all. Best regards,
    Jon on 1-22-08 at http://mississippigarden.blogspot.com

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  8. Dirty FingernailsJanuary 23, 2008 at 4:24 AM

    You like me, had a rare and wonderful sight down here in the South. I ended up having to do a short video of it to catch the flakes. You are right it is difficult to catch it on the camera.

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