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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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Thanks to everyone who entered the Hummingbird feeder contest. The winner is Jan of Thanks for 2 Day!

Jan, I can't find a contact e-mail for you on your blog so if you see this, let me know.
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  1. C. C.August 14, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    That was such a nice thing for you to do! Congrats to Jan.

    And it must've been gratifying to see how many readers you have who lurk but may not post frequently.

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  2. Phillip OliverAugust 14, 2009 at 6:13 AM

    Hi C.C. - it looked like a lot of entries came from people whose hobbies are entering giveaways. I must have gotten on a list somewhere and the word spread.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 14, 2009 at 6:44 AM

    Congratulations, Jan.

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  4. FrancesAugust 14, 2009 at 8:54 AM

    Hi Phillip, so glad Jan won the hummingbird feeder! :-)
    Frances

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  5. C. C.August 14, 2009 at 9:57 AM

    it looked like a lot of entries came from people whose hobbies are entering giveaways

    Oh, that's too bad. They don't know what they're missing!

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  6. Rob (ourfrenchgarden)August 14, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    Couldn't have gone to a better person.

    I'm glad Jan won it

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  7. Becca's DirtAugust 14, 2009 at 1:19 PM

    Congrats to Jan.

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  8. Becca's DirtAugust 14, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    Phillip - I just looked at how many comments you had - wow they came out of the woodwork for that one didn't they.

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  9. Southern AspirationsAugust 14, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    That was so nice! Congrats Jan! (and I totally missed that day). :(

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  10. JanAugust 14, 2009 at 6:03 PM

    Wow, dear Phillip, I almost missed this post of yours! I just 'happened' to see it...'cause I wasn't looking for it, that's for sure! What a wonderful surprise;-) I'm so thrilled, and it's very special, coming from you! I loved it the moment I saw it on your earlier post...guess we were just a match made in heaven...ha ha.

    I'll leave you a separate comment w/my email, and you can just erase that, ok? Thanks again;-) Jan

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  11. JanAugust 14, 2009 at 6:06 PM

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  12. AndrewAugust 14, 2009 at 6:13 PM

    Congrats Jan!

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  13. Monica the Garden FaerieAugust 15, 2009 at 6:07 AM

    Glad the feeder is going to a great home!

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  14. JanAugust 15, 2009 at 7:03 AM

    Hi Phillip, I've been trying to reach you by your email contact, however my microsoft outlook won't let me get through. Is there another way we can be in touch? I could leave my email on your Blotanical plot, if you'd like? I noticed you don't visit that much so wasn't sure if you'd get it there. If I put it here, it automatically goes to your comments and I don't really want a lot of viewers of my email address. Just leave a comment to tell me if you'd like me to put it on your plot at Blot'l. Again, I'm so thrilled! Thx!

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  15. Phillip OliverAugust 15, 2009 at 7:38 AM

    Jan, you can leave me messages at Blotanical. I will try to visit there more often!

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  16. Darrell in MontanaAugust 15, 2009 at 8:32 AM

    Congrats to Jan from Montana. Wish I could send you the 3 little hummingbirds that are continually battling over my honeysuckle, They love it, They do keep my cat entertained. He loves to sit in the window and watch. Hope the hummingbird feeder brings you lots of happiness and good fortune.

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  17. DarrellAugust 15, 2009 at 8:34 AM

    That post didn't sound quite right. I meant congratulations form a reader in MT to Jan. When I reread it it sounded like I meant Jan was from MT. Sorry.

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  18. YolanaAugust 16, 2009 at 4:16 AM

    congrats jan, wow 182 comments. it's hard to imagine people entering a contest just to win something. Suppose you win and don't like hummingbirds.

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  19. C. C.August 16, 2009 at 6:35 AM

    it's hard to imagine people entering a contest just to win something. Suppose you win and don't like hummingbirds.

    I guess then they sell it on Ebay.

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  20. UnknownAugust 17, 2009 at 12:32 AM

    Very good work done i appriciate every work done

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  21. UnknownAugust 17, 2009 at 12:38 AM

    good work done very good keep it up


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