Hanging Baskets Kitchen

Hanging Baskets Kitchen

Essex is a county in the size of more than 1,500 square miles, which is not surprising to find that it is full of areas of great natural beauty, fortunately for us, are served by some of the best organizations and gardeners in the country. The variety of Gardens Open in Essex available to be viewed and enjoyed by the public is very wide and varies from Elizabethan knot garden of woods and gardens of gravel.

Within walking distance of Colchester, about 6 miles to the east near the city of Elmstead Market, Beth Chatto's Garden. These ecological gardens were created by famous author, designer of gardens and plants of the woman, Beth Chatto OBE. Beth was awarded with this honor in 2002. The gardens were built in the place of their husbands abandoned fruit farm in the 1960, which limits the family home.

The whole area considered unsuitable for agriculture and left to grow wild in a vacant lot covered with willows and brambles cover. Today the gardens cover about five hectares of land separated in a variety of different sites, including planting in dry, sun-baked gravel, water and marginal planting, woodland, clay dark, heavy and alpine areas. Beth Chatto OBE continues to work in the gardens and writes for national and international press.

Exhibition Gardens Beth Chatto can be seen in the Tendring Hundred Show in Essex. The gardens have won many gold medals for exhibits at the Chelsea Flower Show. All this experience helps the Beth A Garden Chatto Gardens Essex Open more spectacular to visit.

Only a trip to the south under Colchester, via the A12, located in Rettendon near Chelmsford, is Hyde Hall Garden. Property of the United Kingdoms charity main garden, the Royal Horticultural Society, Hyde Hall is about twenty acres in size and is a pleasant hillside garden with a wide variety of flowering trees and ornamental plants, shrubs, and color-themed herbaceous borders.

A large tourist attraction in Hyde Hall is the garden of the house with two ponds, which contain a wide selection of water lilies, bog plants and fish. Formed in September 1982 is the National Collection of viburnums, this genre has all the interest throughout the year, with flowers and the scent of winter to early summer, followed by bright berries in late summer to winter, and colorful autumn leaves.

Follow the A130 north of Rettendon and reaches the historic town of Great Dunmow. Located here are the Gardens of Easton Lodge. The gardens are one of the most important gardens of the architect and landscape designer Edwardian Anisworth Harold Peto, who was commissioned to redesign in 1902.

The gardens are characterized by non-Italian garden, of course, the Hall of Peto and a courtyard with fountain. Also contained the gardens are an extra ordinary collection of works of art of various contemporary artists from Essex, as Anne Schwegmann-Fielding and Elaine Tribley.

In the same Essex County border, in northwest point, Cambridgeshire along the house and gardens of Audley End House. This is a garden not to be missed when visiting the region. The site is owned and restored by English Heritage and the house is one of the best examples of Jacobean England.

In 1762 the then owner of Audley End House, Sir John Griffin, responsible for "the greatest of England gardener, landscape architect, Capability Brown, to redesign and landscape surrounding the park home. Gardens are a good example of British style of Brown, which does not contain a circular temple, monuments classical model and several ornate bridges crossing the river Cam, which divides the land.

Walls within the grounds is the recovery of a Victorian kitchen garden. This was restored in 1999 by the leading organic growing charity, organic garden, and now is a good example of a garden full of a variety of herbs, fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Throughout the rural county of Essex there are gardens many small privately owned open their doors to the public, some on a regular basis and others only for a short period of time, maybe once or twice year.

Saling Hall Garden, located between Great Dunmow and Braintree, is a garden of 12 acres country most famous for its collection of rare trees. The Council itself is not open to be seen, but with six ponds, the Temple of Pisces and many other surprises, the garden itself is well worth the small price entry.

The small village garden property, 60 Mill Lane, is open to the public from Tuesday 09 June to Sunday 12 July. Located in Cressing, about 15 miles west of Colchester and is a haven for plantaholic, very colorful, with pots and hanging baskets.

An excellent home garden English, Newland Cottage, is a 1 acre garden designed and created by its owners. The garden contains a large amount of shrubs, trees and plants, a pond, garden, fruit trees and a formal garden with a roundabout. Newland Cottage is located near Manningtree Wrabness and is part of the National Garden. The NGS is a registered charity which opens gardens of quality, character and interest of the public.

Please check the Events page Essex for any Essex Gardens Open in celebration of special events or open days. The section on "related links" at the bottom This article will help you locate information on the NGS and open gardens.

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