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Post by timbo on Nov 20, 2012 22:08:18 GMT
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Post by stuartB on Nov 20, 2012 22:15:01 GMT
brilliant place to visit, thanks Timbo
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Post by lambethgull on Nov 20, 2012 23:19:01 GMT
Visited Eden a few years back whilst taking in several other Cornish gardens. Was cracking. Would love to have the place to myself during a summer sunrise though, as the crowds can be annoying (though maybe not so much at this time of year).
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Post by Dave on Nov 21, 2012 16:53:22 GMT
Glad you had a nice time Timbo ( is there love in the air  ) and thanks for the recent programmes you have posted up. Its a place I have never been too and while many seem to love the place, others I have talked too did not think that much of it. Each to their own I suppose, but it is on my to do list, so I'm sure I will go there one of these fine days. |
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Post by rjdgull on Nov 21, 2012 17:07:52 GMT
Visited Eden a few years back whilst taking in several other Cornish gardens. Was cracking. Would love to have the place to myself during a summer sunrise though, as the crowds can be annoying (though maybe not so much at this time of year). Did you find the lost gardens of Heligan? ;D |
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Post by lambethgull on Nov 21, 2012 17:36:15 GMT
Visited Eden a few years back whilst taking in several other Cornish gardens. Was cracking. Would love to have the place to myself during a summer sunrise though, as the crowds can be annoying (though maybe not so much at this time of year). Did you find the lost gardens of Heligan? ;D Sure did, loved it too  |
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Post by lambethgull on Nov 21, 2012 17:37:54 GMT
Glad you had a nice time Timbo ( is there love in the air ) and thanks for the recent programmes you have posted up. Its a place I have never been too and while many seem to love the place, others I have talked too did not think that much of it. Each to their own I suppose, but it is on my to do list, so I'm sure I will go there one of these fine days. Depends what you’re looking for, Dave. The entrance fee and crowds are a turnoff, but I was impressed with the ambition of the project as much as anything, and it shows what’s possible in a cool temperate climate such as we have in the UK. Having said that, other gardens in Cornwall do this in even more spectacular fashion, most notably at places like Trebah, St Michael’s Mount and of course Tresco Gardens on the Isles of Scilly. It’s further away for sure, but if you have even a passing interest in plants then I have to put a pitch in for Kew Gardens in London. On a cold weekday in January, for example, it’s possible to enjoy the glasshouses – with their Victorian balconies and walkways - more or less on your own (or whomever you’re with  ). The rest of the gardens are worth the entrance money at pretty much any time of year as well. |
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Post by Dave on Nov 21, 2012 20:59:56 GMT
Lambie I’m no gardener, if fact I hate having to do anything to my own garden. I’m still waiting for someone to invent grass seeds that just grow to the required length and then stop growing
The only things I have ever grown are sunflowers and I always used seeds from my parrots food to grow them from I just wanted to try and grow the tallest ones I could. But I do love walking around proper gardens and as I have been to so many National Trust properties, I have got to spend some good quality time in some wonderful gardens.
I do love being in greenhouses that have all those wonderful plants that are not native to this country and I was able to do that when I was in Swansea recently. At the top of Singleton park is a wonderful free garden to walk around, not all that big, but full of some amazing plants.
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Post by tufc01 on Nov 21, 2012 22:34:01 GMT
Glad you had a nice time Timbo ( is there love in the air ) and thanks for the recent programmes you have posted up. Its a place I have never been too and while many seem to love the place, others I have talked too did not think that much of it. Each to their own I suppose, but it is on my to do list, so I'm sure I will go there one of these fine days. Having said that, other gardens in Cornwall do this in even more spectacular fashion, most notably at places like Trebah, St Michael’s Mount and of course Tresco Gardens on the Isles of Scilly. Tresco is as you say pretty spectacular with almost tropical like conditions most of the year round. Trebah has lots of variety but also has the walks and the beach at the bottom is ideal for a picnic by the Helford river. If you are down that way another to look at is Trelissick gardens. Only trouble is you are in Cornwall |
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Post by lambethgull on Nov 21, 2012 23:41:30 GMT
Having said that, other gardens in Cornwall do this in even more spectacular fashion, most notably at places like Trebah, St Michael’s Mount and of course Tresco Gardens on the Isles of Scilly. Tresco is as you say pretty spectacular with almost tropical like conditions most of the year round. Trebah has lots of variety but also has the walks and the beach at the bottom is ideal for a picnic by the Helford river. If you are down that way another to look at is Trelissick gardens. Only trouble is you are in Cornwall True, but the pasties are passable and there's always an opportunity to educate the local populace on the correct assemblage of a cream tea To be honest, I could spend weeks exploring the various gardens of Cornwall, and I've done just that in the past. Needless to say the ex-gf who accompanied me on that particular odyssey is no longer around ;D |
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Post by lambethgull on Nov 21, 2012 23:42:56 GMT
Lambie I’m no gardener, if fact I hate having to do anything to my own garden. I’m still waiting for someone to invent grass seeds that just grow to the required length and then stop growing The only things I have ever grown are sunflowers and I always used seeds from my parrots food to grow them from I just wanted to try and grow the tallest ones I could. But I do love walking around proper gardens and as I have been to so many National Trust properties, I have got to spend some good quality time in some wonderful gardens. I do love being in greenhouses that have all those wonderful plants that are not native to this country and I was able to do that when I was in Swansea recently. At the top of Singleton park is a wonderful free garden to walk around, not all that big, but full of some amazing plants. Gardening isn't for everyone, but I'm pretty sure most people appreciate a nice lawn, football pitch, town park, country garden, tree-lined street or carefully tended patio or courtyard. Those things don't happen by accident Haven't really explored the gardens of Wales, but there's lots to see over there for sure. |
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Post by tufc01 on Nov 22, 2012 22:23:55 GMT
Tresco is as you say pretty spectacular with almost tropical like conditions most of the year round. Trebah has lots of variety but also has the walks and the beach at the bottom is ideal for a picnic by the Helford river. If you are down that way another to look at is Trelissick gardens. Only trouble is you are in Cornwall Yes but even after 18 years living in Cornwall & 30 in Devon I still can't bring myself to finish a Scone, or a Scon, however you pronounce it. Vile things. Pasties however are a different thing altogether, the Cornish certainly do know how to make a pasty  |
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). The rest of the gardens are worth the entrance money at pretty much any time of year as well.