One of the truly great English gardens, created in Arts and Crafts style by Major Lawrence Johnston as a series of outdoor "rooms", each with its own character, separated by hedges and walls. The garden is reknown for its rare trees and shrubs, herbaceous borders and unusual plants from across the globe. The outdoor "rooms" are planted with species that bloom at different times of the year, making Hidcote a year-round pleasure.
Major Johnson began his remarkable gardens at Hidcote in 1907, and continued expanding and improving the site over the course of the next 40 years. When he bought the manor at Hidcote with his mother, there was no garden at all on the site, just a few mature trees.
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35 comments:
Excellent photos for the E day.
Thanks for the sharing.
Happy Wednesday!
Marvelous captures as always, Wil! What a lovely place! Would love to stroll there! Hope your week is going well! Enjoy!
Sylvia
I can imagine myself taking a nice & relaxing walk here. Delightful snapshots!
By the way, thanks for dropping by & complimenting my blog page. I decorated it myself. Have a great day! :)
Hallo Wil ik zag je vraag aan Bram over Kastelen .http://kastelen.startpagina.nl/
Dit is een hele startpagina met van alles over kastelen. Kasteel van Rhoon gaan wij vaak naar toe. Is ook mooi met een bos erachter.
GRoetjes Riet
What a lovely English Garden. It reminded me of the children's book, The Secret Garden. It was a Excellence choice for E day.
There is no more perfect garden than an English Country Garden on a warm summer;s day Wil.
Enjoyable, love watching your English Garden!
That's an amazing garden. I love garden rooms and this is such a good example.
Each country has its own variety when it comes to gardens too, end I share your enjoyment of the English variety. You have as usual captured the essence of your theme.
A beautiful garden. I do love English gardens - just wish I could get mine like that :-)
beautiful English garden images,
it brightens my day.
:)
I always enjoy coming to visit, Will. Loved this trip thru an English country garden, especially with such stirring musical accompaniment. Have a wonderful week. :D
a lovely collection, as always, and a great choice. quite tranquil.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Enchanting - wonderful post and so beautifully accompanied by the music. Thanks for sharing.
lovely photographs.. the slideshow took a while to load, but its worth the wait :)
My ABC W E
ja arboretum trompenburg is zeker mooi. Ik ben er dit jaar al een paar keer geweest. Bloemenkassen zou ik nou ook niet weten. Als ze naar de bollen willen moeten ze in het voorjaar komen. De keukenhof is prachtig voor buitenlanders. Schoonhoven en natuurlijk kinderdijk is toch ook prachtig.
Wonderful slide show and loved the various "rooms". Also really liked that peaceful pasture scene. Thanks for the tour.
This is a beautiful garden. Thanks for the beautiful pictures and interesting information.
What a joy for the senses !
Please have a good Wednesday.
daily athens
Very lush and full of color. I would love to talk a stroll there.
There's something so quaint and peaceful about an English garden - always lovely to look at and enjoy.
Looks like a wonderful place. Thanks, friend.
I would love to stow away for a long time in those gardens. So lovely.
Oh, how beautiful that must be. I just let things grow but I've always yearned to have an English Garden (and gardener). :) Wonderful post.
Pretty much the quintessential English garden -- of which I can only dream!
Thanks for the lovely slide show, Wil!
This was the perfect place to stop and enjoy the scenery before tottering off to bed. I'll pick up my journey through the Es in the morning. Thanks for such a great post to end my evening.
I have always thought Arts and Craft style was so lovely. I imagine a garden in that style would be perfectly pretty! : ) I always love your posts and look forward to visiting you each Wednesday : )
Daar zou ik wel eens een dagje in willen doorbrengen
I have never been to Hidcote, but I think I would like to! I designed our garden with 'rooms'. There's a patio area, then a small lawn, then a perforated wall, and beyond that a larger lawn almost divided into two by a shed and tree screen. I'm very happy with it!
Love the pictures. :)
J - ABC Team
Kom hier gewoon effe langs om je een fijne en hopelijk droge donderdag te wensen
Waw!!! Amazing photo album!!!
I've heard of this garden and would enjoy seeing it in person some day! Love your slide show. :)
Sweet
Warm Aloha from Waikiki :)
Comfort Spiral
It was so much fun to see all those gorgeous photos, Wil. Thank you very much for sharing them with us. I just love gardens of every kind.
I think the Dutch is prettier with all the flowers. We imported a lot of your flowers.
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