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Mottisfont Abbey – a look back at the rose gardens in June 2014 (It’s raining again in 2016)

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Set by the banks of the crystal River Test, cutting through the chalk downland, sits Mottisfont Priory, dating to the 13th Century and with a colourful history right up to the 20th Century with Maud and Gilbert Russell bringing life again to the old house and the National Trust subsequently taking the House and Gardens…

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A River runs through it… a momentary break from the roses at Mottisfont

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The River Test runs over chalk through the grounds of the ancient Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire. Crystal clear waters, live with fish and overhung with willow... stop for a minute and enjoy the birdsong. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont/

Heaven is a rose nursery…

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A selection of roses from the Pococks Rose Nursery in Hampshire I drove down to Pococks Rose Nursery near Romsey in Hampshire earlier this week and spent a very happy hour (and two) immersed in their collection of beautiful and extraordinarily perfumed roses, some of which are included in this gallery. The Hybrid Teas and…

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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire

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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