We first visited Exbury Gardens in 2022 and were completely blown away. Like the Gardens' founder, Lionel Rothschild, we fancy rhododendrons, and there is no other place in GB, or anywhere else we know of, where they are more spectacular. Rothschild himself was more than a garden dilettante and financed expeditions to bring new and exotic specimens to Exbury. I can't possibly out-do my pix from 2022, here, and here, so I'll limit this post greatly. We were at the Gardens pretty much all day May 15th and took 310 pix between us. Though limited in scope, if not size, Exbury is one of the world's great gardens. We were there just past prime bloom--it's been a strange spring--but it was still pretty breathtaking. Alas, the photos never even approach doing justice to gardens like these. N. B. The Gardens have free wheel-chairs and rental scooters for those with disabilities.
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The Exbury train engine and coal car chug by...something for the
kiddies, mostly, we surmise |
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| Most burled tree ever, so far |
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| Many such paths... |
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| Another laburnam tease... |
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| Other trees |
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| Other flowers |
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| Us, there; yes, it was cool, and later in the afternoon, the drizzle began... |
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Lunch, on-property, as we say in Orlando; quiche, salad, grains, pretty good;
we both had the same...most unusual |
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