Easton Walled Gardens. Part 2

This is a continuation of the post on Easton Walled Gardens.

As it was late October they were preparing for Halloween and harvest festival.  One of the things they had was pumpkin rolling! You stood at the top of a slope of terraces and bowled (threw) your pumpkin down. The aim being to get it to roll the furthest when it hits the level ground at the bottom.  Of course Simon had to have a go.

This is the top of the terrace, looking down.

Me at the top.

Collecting his pumpkins.

Ready to bowl.

Half way down and then at the bottom.  

Sheep.

Wooded area.

You all know, how I  love my close up flower shots, so get ready for lots more!

 

Aren't those flowers just awesome?  We had a great time here and it is somewhere that I am sure we will go back to.  Maybe In February when the snowdrops are out.  They are said to be quite spectacular.  

After a lovely day we headed back to Tallulah for a nice cuppa and a rest before driving home.

Jilly

Easton Walled Garden. Part 1

Since our trip to Anglesey Abbey Tallulah has only been out once and that was on the 12th of October when we drove her to Peterborough as we were looking for a new car.  

So on Simon's day off, Friday 24th of October we decided to have another day trip.  We went to Easton Walled Garden.

Mileage Start 14688 - End 14725 = 37 miles. 

Easton Walled Gardens are the "lost" gardens of Easton Hall which was pulled down in 1951 and the gardens left abandoned.  The gardens which cover 12 acres have been restored since 2001 and the work is ongoing.

The old Hall was the family home of the Cholmeley family for 14 generations and the history is very interesting.  My Merikan friends may be interested to know that they were visited by President Franklin D Roosevelt  when he spent part of his honeymoon at the hall.  He apparently described the gardens as  " A dream of Nirvana...almost to good to be true."

If you are interested you can read more about the history here: Easton Walled Gardens 
Here are a selection of photos.

Simon really liked that wrought iron plant support

We both liked the edging on the raised bed here.

Wrought iron thistles.  I want these in my garden.

Absolutely LOVE the giraffes.  Check out the eyelashes.

I have a ton more photos from Easton Walled Gardens.  So that this post doesn't get as long as some of the previous ones, I am going to interrupt it here and put the other photos in a 2nd post!

Jilly