Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire

A first visit to this extraordinary 200 acre garden - and a random gallery of photographs to be getting along with... More information at www3.hants.gov.uk/hilliergardens/hillier-gardens.htm

Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire

A joint visit today, back to Mottisfont Abbey and on to the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire. This Mottisfont photo gallery taken on a rather damp 21st June last year but looking superb. April cold and then lots of rain held back the flowering of the mostly once-blooming rose collection (the main show was…