Pacific Northwest Gardening: Another tour of England, 1 by Laurie1

Laurie1 wrote:
At the weekend we went over to visit a nursery called the Walled Garden, and I just have to show you some photos of this place. I just so wish I had Neo's skill, but hopefully I have caught enough of the quality of this place to spark your imaginations.

It is set in an old walled garden - the entire closure is approately 3 acres, and walled with 16' high brick walls! This is no small task - the walls are punctuated with a large wooden door on two sides, and there is a gardeners house on the third side. The fourth side is what I want to show you - this is breathtaking. Glass houses - enormous glass houses and some so specialist that they are for growing just one or two things.

The owners said that there has been a walled garden on this site since since the 13th century - no exact date but it belonged to and supply the original monestery. The existing one was rebuilt for the big house, and the oldest existing glass house was build in 1835.

Now for some pictures - This is looking back at the largest glass house. And judging by the man at the corner you can begin to see the scale of these buildings.