Our next AirBnB was in Flimwell, on the border with Kent, and we set forth early enough to take in both Nymans house and garden as well as Wakehurst, Kew's southern outpost, owned by the National Trust. We had visited Nymans before, in 2013, https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2013/06/nymans.html, including the house. Presently, the house is open only on Saturdays, so we contented ourselves with the garden and grounds. Beautiful enough...
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Head gardener's notes, with examples; part of the National Trust
routine that we love |
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| High weald, south downs, whatever... |
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| One of the best hankie trees ever |
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| Rhododendrons starting to go strong here |
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| Wisteria arch |
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| The ruin, burned in 1947 |
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| Tulips going strong |
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| Wisteria at the ruin |
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| Color everywhere |
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Magnolia...we'd always thought it was a tulip tree...amazing what
you can learn on one of the guided garden tours; which we now
never miss |
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Also that azaleas are being written out of the taxonomy...they're
just small, perfumery, rhododendrons |
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| Ever more color... |
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| Across the road, into the wild, where the big rhododendrons grow... |
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| Us, there, in one of our remembered happy places |
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