A visit to West Dean June 2013 .... part 1

One of my favourite places to visit is West Dean Gardens.

I am so very fortunate that it is only a 10 minute drive away...

My parents were visiting this weekend so we drove over for a visit and took a picnic...

And into the Huge Walled Gardens... I love this gate!

It is well worth a visit at any time of the year...










The walled gardens are so well designed and if ever you want to see how to train and prune then this is the place to go...


At this time of the year it is great because you can really see all the underlying structures...

To the right fruit trees are being trained around metal structures... whilst others are trained along wire structures on the walls... the grass is kept short...

But the whole middle section... has wild meadow flowers and grasses under well maintained trees all edged with box hedging...

I love this place... man working so well with nature....

In the very centre there are paths with deep borders with masses of plants supported with natural wood supports...

I think these structures are quite beautiful...

Next time I'll take you  into the herb and flower picking areas,  green houses and hot houses then through into the vegetable and fruit areas... all organic and stunning!

There are even fabulous old mowers and other tools..


Thanks for popping by...
Till next time.. happy growing...
Smiles Cass x

Part two is here