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Whitlenge Nursery and Gardens – an NGS opening

Posted on May 9, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

One of our first NGS garden visits this year was to Whitlenge Garden and Nursery near Kidderminster in the West Midlands. The gardens were show gardens for the owner, a garden designer/landscaper, but we still enjoyed parts of it, including … Continue reading →

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Early Spring at Bodnant Garden – Part 1 – to the Dell

Posted on April 20, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

I promised a few reports on our planned visits to Bodnant Garden in North Wales so we are pleased to share our visit in early spring, a day with the most perfect weather possible to make our exploration a good … Continue reading →

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Garden Entrances and Archways – Part 5 of this very occasional series

Posted on January 2, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

It has been a while since we visited this series so here is a new selection of my photographs of entrances and archways we have discovered in several gardens during our visits.

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The Winter Garden at Bodnant Hall

Posted on April 23, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We left home for a journey up towards Chester and then West along the North Wales coast after listening to the local weather forecast for our destination. It predicted a heavy snow storm passing through early morning and warnings were … Continue reading →

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Parcevall Hall Gardens – Wharfedale

Posted on January 24, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Situated in Wharfedale one of the most beautiful places in North Yorkshire, Parcevall Hall was really difficult to access via narrow roads, hairpin bends and narrow bridges, but it somehow suited the place that we enjoyed one day in September. … Continue reading →