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...

Hey Phillip...pretty maple!
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ReplyDeleteThanks Cameron, let me see if I can fix that!
ReplyDeleteI love Japanese maples, mostly for the leaves, shape and color. Since they seem to be a favorite of Japanese beetles, I don't grow them. My loss, I know.
ReplyDeleteMarnie
Beautiful! Thanks...I really wanted to read what you had to say, too. :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Cameron
I love that story.. Gail
ReplyDeleteI love staring upwards into trees. This would be the perfect spot for a hammock!
ReplyDeleteBest ,
Philip
The colors you have been posting are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! If scares me that Marnie says that Japanese beetles eat Japanese Maples. We have both, but fortunately the beetles must prefer other snacks.
ReplyDeleteI simply adore the J. maples. Can't believe anyone would not appreciate them.
ReplyDeleteI love Japanese maples, too, and your photos are gorgeous. But lying on the ground in October in Virginia?--umm, I'm guessing someone in your household might share my views on that idea. I think dragging out the tarp, the yoga mats and the umbrellas might kind of spoil the moment. Kidding--you've really captured the magic of looking up into trees.
ReplyDeleteI love your photography! Would you mind sharing what your equipment is?
ReplyDeleteThanks Louise. I have a Nikon D50 with various lenses. I also use Photoshop to tweak color, contrast, etc.
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