The Armathwaite Open Gardens event is only 5 weeks away, 27th and 28th June. We collected our hanging baskets from the Garden of Eden nursery, which is just up the road at Thiefside. the ladies there do a great job and last year’s display was fantastic and gave a great first impression to our visitors. I don’t think they will be disappointed this year !
Janet Queen visited on Thursday and took some photographs of the garden for the forthcoming November edition of Cumbria Life. Janet trained at Edinburgh and is Head Gardener at Rose Castle in Dalston, former home of the Bishop of Carlisle. The stars of the show were still not in bloom and looking back at last years photos, everything is a good two weeks late, so she has agreed to come back in a week or so to take some more shots.
So here are some Phil took this weekend to whet your appetite.
Rhododendron ‘Peaches and Cream’
Rhododendron ‘Percy Wiseman’
Viburnum Rhytidophyllum
Polemonium ‘Heaven Scent’
Camassia Leichtlinii
Woodland walk
Veronica Gentianoldes ‘Tissington White’ with the rare plant Comptonia Peregrina ‘Sweet Fern’ behind and
Ajuga ‘Burgundy Glow’ and Heuchera ‘Crimson Curls’ as a backdrop
New planting beside the pond
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