Beth Chatto's Garden

 

I don't know if you fellow bloggers feel the same as I do but why am I so surprised when I realise that it's nearly June!!? Where has the time gone? I am feeling a lot better since my last post especially as I have had so many comments from other women telling me how they are all going through the same thing! It made me feel better just realising that you are experiencing the same problems with the menopause as myself. I have now been taking Meno Herbs 2 for about a week and half now and the improvement has been amazing. From having 3/4 flushes an hour, I am now experiencing about the same amount but per DAY! I feel so much better! Last week though I might have been happier to have a flush or two as I visited Beth Chatto's garden on a freezing cold Tuesday that was more like November than May! That said I had a lovely time wandering around the garden with my mother and sister and bought home some unusual plants to plant in my garden. The picture above is from the gravel garden. It used to be a car park until Beth Chatto decided to experiment with drought conditions and the plants that could be grown within that environment. She wanted to be able to grow plants under conditions that the everyday gardeners experience like hose pipe bans and low rainfall such as is experienced in Essex, where the garden is located. I love the colours in the grouping above.

A series of ponds, fed by a spring within a ditch, link the lower garden together. An abundance of greenery along the edge of the ponds, dotted here and there with splashes of colour from candelabra primulas draw the eye along the length of the garden....

The Hosta leaves look as if they are quilted,don't they ? The planting scheme of the garden always looks so effortless as every great garden does I suppose. One thing I took heart from was the fact that every time I go there is always an area undergoing re-planting. I sometimes struggle on with planting schemes in my own garden that don't please me anymore. Often the plants have grown too big for the border so now I think I will take cuttings from them and then replant. At least then I will still have the plant but a somewhat smaller one which is more in keeping with my garden.

The gravel garden again.....

The alpine garden was the most sheltered area in the garden and far more welcoming when the sun came out!  The tree to the left of the picture is a Judas Tree a very pretty pink...

And finally, beautiful blues......

Comments

[marie]

Hi Jane

I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better and have found something that helps alleviate those hot flushes.

What a delightful garden. I love the ponds and the calming greens of the planting.

Marie x

[Alison]

Glad your feeling better.
What a lovely garden and a perfect time of year to visit it.
Alison x.

[kelly]

Hi, thanks for your nice comments about my "display" cabinet. Yes it is a CK paper, but only becuse it was the only "vintage" style wallpaper I could find easily. Wow, Miss Chatto's garden is a real inspiration, beautiful!

[Nicole]

Glad you are feeling better. Getting older is not for sissies, as Bette Davis said.
The garden photos are beautiful. I wish I could grow hosta here in California, it is so lush looking in the shade.

[beachy]

Happy to hear you are feeling better! Your photos are just lovely! We've had some summery weather here the past few days, so much so, that my hostas have gone from tiny leaves to big bushes overnight! (Glad you are happy with your earrings!) =)

[Clare]

Hi Jane, glad to hear you are experiencing some relief from the flushes! When I heard the Americans call them flashes I thought, how appropriate! They do come on so suddenly don't they?!

Beautiful garden. We used to have lots of hostas but unfortunately every single one was eaten by the slugs and snails!

Have a lovely weekend!

Clare x

[Tash]

Stunning photos! I'm really into forms and colours in the garden at the moment, and seeing a picture like the one at the top is joyous!

It sounds like you had a lovely day :)

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