Monday, 29 March 2010

Stourhead



















One more National Trust Property for today. Stourhead I would say is the creme de la creme of gardens. I was completley blown away by how unbeavably beautiful it was and how modern it seemed in its planting even though these plants have been here for years. And the colours in the photos are true to what you see. The kitchen garden isn't anything special but i think they are working on it to become more of a feature because last time I was there they were handing out free seeds and saying how they hope to put more work in to it.

Dyrham Park










Yet another National Trust property, I plan on making the most of my membership. This time we visited Dyrham Park, it was a sunny day, makes a change. In my opinion I think the grounds and the outside of the building of Dyrham park looked more impressive than the inside. The inside just looked a bit tired, and unlike Tyntesfield the history of the house wasn't as interesting. But the grounds provided a lovely walk.

Tintinhull Garden










I think this is Tintinhull Garden I can't remember I know its right by Montacute house. Anyway it was another grey day, but we didn't plan to visit it because it was a grey day it just happened to be that way. The gardens were lovely and we only had a slight drizzle so nothing to bad. This is a great place to visit if you want a small property to look round. We were going to look round another national trust near by but we ran out of time because we got lost on the way there.

Tyntesfield


They let the tulips die back naturally. Its not because they have lazy gardeners.









We went to National trust Tyntesfield it was a rainy day in summer and we thought it would be a good idea to go as it would be quiet. How wrong we were, we had to park in the overflow car park! However it was one of the best National Trust places I have visited in my area it had so much history, and the kitchen garden was enormous! I will defiantly be going back this year because I think they have finished the restoration.