tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post8902258206483619168..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: Garden Visit: The CourtsVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-25549255645689101482010-03-22T15:00:02.114+00:002010-03-22T15:00:02.114+00:00Deborah - isn't it great how gardens are just ...Deborah - isn't it great how gardens are just as interesting in the depths of winter? If only more of them opened at this time. I'm sure gardeneres desperate for fresh air and inspiration would find them illuminating.<br /><br />Angel Cat - good to see you again :) I'm sure you'll love The Courts and it's not far from you eitherM@M aka VP ;)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15562276240205729723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-72358065993150949902010-03-08T13:44:23.297+00:002010-03-08T13:44:23.297+00:00Your pictures are lovely. Even though The Courts ...Your pictures are lovely. Even though The Courts is only down the road I've never been. I must add it to the places I HAVE to visit this year.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11208995018998500943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-58259555103480862002010-03-07T23:23:48.072+00:002010-03-07T23:23:48.072+00:00Thank you for braving the cold and taking us along...Thank you for braving the cold and taking us along on this trip. I find it so much more interesting to visit gardens in the winter, as I am primarily interested in the structure of the garden. This garden is a fabulous example.Deborah at Kilbourne Grovehttp://kilbournegrove.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-77155889847093550382010-03-07T10:30:40.720+00:002010-03-07T10:30:40.720+00:00Hi everyone - glad you enjoyed some time in one of...Hi everyone - glad you enjoyed some time in one of my favourite gardens to visit.<br /><br />Edith - I think the NT are now marketing The Courts as a 'hidden gem'<br /><br />RO - looking forward to seeing how the garden looked when you visited. What a difference a week makes!<br /><br />Christine - welcome! Garden visiting in winter is a recent discovery for me.<br /><br />Kate - the garden bench is very old. Well at least one arm of it is: the HG said the rest of it is all repairs from across the decades!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-80424586983375128572010-03-05T14:15:39.855+00:002010-03-05T14:15:39.855+00:00I have some very similar photos of the Courts in a...I have some very similar photos of the Courts in autumn - interesting the see the same bits of the garden at a different time of year.<br /><br />It would be a lovely place to live, wouldn't it?! But it might feel a bit peculiar to have lots of people wandering round your garden all the time ...Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861589817615423847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-22144666187817029652010-03-05T04:20:53.370+00:002010-03-05T04:20:53.370+00:00I like the idea of visiting gardens in winter. I&#...I like the idea of visiting gardens in winter. I'd have loved to tag along on your visit to The Courts ~ the gossiping yews are something to behold. I love the garden bench. It must have been good to see all the spring bulbs pushing through. Awaiting your next garden tour!kate smudgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564410520744285676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-86704643106862088282010-03-05T00:09:35.941+00:002010-03-05T00:09:35.941+00:00And I thought I couldn't envy English gardener...And I thought I couldn't envy English gardeners any more than I did. Now I find out you can tour gardens in the winter. I need to move somewhere warmer!<br /><br />Christine in AlaskaChristine B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08335289758548637661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-59749409478166710732010-03-04T16:30:21.462+00:002010-03-04T16:30:21.462+00:00It was a grand day out VP and the collage is excel...It was a grand day out VP and the collage is excellent.Threadspiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780634324037593398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-32228715842580116332010-03-04T14:30:52.940+00:002010-03-04T14:30:52.940+00:00Ah my favourite garden. Great post VP, I really en...Ah my favourite garden. Great post VP, I really enjoyed hearing more about the history of the garden. What a shame it was a grisley day. I went again on Monday and the weather was glorious, I saw my first honey bees of the year on the helebores and a bumble bee on the daphne.<br /><br />I think I have just about captured images of the garden in every season now, so I will have to get round to a blog post on it at some pint.<br /><br />Love the collage,<br /><br />RO xxRothschild Orchidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211151492115918365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-65446172470875235072010-03-04T13:34:06.011+00:002010-03-04T13:34:06.011+00:00Wonderful collage - and a grand your - thanks VP
K...Wonderful collage - and a grand your - thanks VP<br />KKaren - An Artist's Gardenhttp://www.artistsgarden.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-76634594743662184932010-03-04T12:57:56.488+00:002010-03-04T12:57:56.488+00:00Thanks for taking us along, VP. We love seeing ga...Thanks for taking us along, VP. We love seeing gardens in winter, the better to get inspiration and ideas for that season in our own plantings and structures. It all sounds wonderful, with purple and acrid yellow a big favorite of mine. The paths look inviting and seeing the pruning, etc. in action must have been fun too. And as always, hooray for Threadspider! :-)<br />FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-65670106851959287262010-03-04T12:26:43.727+00:002010-03-04T12:26:43.727+00:00Dear Michelle, It is, as you point out, so interes...Dear Michelle, It is, as you point out, so interesting to view a garden in winter when all the 'bones' are revealed - in some ways one looks more closely than in the fullness of summer.<br /><br />I have always thought The Courts to be a remarkable garden and it was good here to learn a little of the background to its development. I have never understood why it is relatively undervisited, as though The National Trust is reluctant to promote it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com