Now that I'm home and back in the usual routine my garden idyl seems ages ago, but I am going to desperately hang on to my time away for a couple of days yet. I still have Barrington Court, the garden we visited on Thursday afternoon, and then East Lambrook which was Friday mornings venture, to record!
Barrington Court is one of the very first properties acquired by the National Trust in 1907, and is a Tudor house with formal gardens and a large kitchen garden.
The entrance to the kitchen garden is lined with beautiful Sweet Williams at the foot of a Copper Beech hedge.
The walled garden had its own moat and a beautiful gate,
and beautiful deep borders inspired by Gertrude Jekyll
There were Roses, Nepeta, Lychnis, Geraniums, Salvia, Foxgloves, Peonies and Iris,
and shady spots to offer respite from the sun.
Some of the white garden was very recently planted, but some of the borders were more established.
Crambe cordifolia and white Lychnis. Pinky white Nicotiana and white Lychnis
Feathery, finely cut Dianthus.
Gorgeous blue Iris sibirica, beautiful antique pink Oriental Poppy and matching Aquilegia.
Sun on the Cotinus
Cotinus and Acanthus
And through into the Lily Garden with lovely water Lilies, but the best bit was...
the restaurant terrace...
Tea and Lemon Drizzle Cake on a perfect summer afternoon, in a lovely garden - Heaven!
We deserved it after our mammoth day, and so ended Thursday (well, after a lovely meal at the Ilchester Arms, and a wander round the village under a huge full moon!).
On to Friday, and our final day!
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