Visiting and re-visiting some gardens

Over the last few weeks we have been re-visiting some favourite gardens to see what is new now that spring has been left behind and we are well into Summer.  So far this summer has been exceptionally wet with not as many sunny days as we would like, but, like all the rest of the population we have to put up with it and make the best of it!

 A view through an arch to the formal garden at Cotehele House on the River Tamar

 Either a Cider Press or Millstone being used as a garden feature at Cotehele

 Apples starting to form in the Orchard at Cotehele



The Garden House near Bucland Monochorum in Devon.  We last visited this garden in April and we wanted to see what it was like in July.  It rained for most of the time we were here.

 The entry to the South African Garden

 Mum and her friends Leslie and Christine sheltering from the rain under a tree

 Two views in the walled garden

 The entrance to the tower - one of the few relics of the 15th century rectory which once stood on this spot

 Steps in the tower

 The entrance into the walled garden

 Hedges in the walled garden

 Raindrops on the leaves

Thistles and other plants

 We also revisited Greenway House in June which is on the River Dart between Dartmouth and Totnes. Following are three Garden Features which jumped out to be photographed

 A sundial

 A bird sculpture

 A statue of Buddha

 There are many ways to get to Greenway including an antique bus from Torbay and the ferry from Dartmouth (which was a chosen way of getting there)