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A semi-mature, hardy individual who tries to get away with doing as little as possible in gardening as in life, still expects the best results & wonders why she is frequently disappointed! She likes to keep a photographic record of everything, good & frequently bad!

Thursday 14 June 2012

How bizarre

How bizarre, how bizarre

Ooh, baby 
It's making me crazy 
Every time I look around
Every time I look around 
Every time I look around
It's in my face

OMC   Dec 1995    

Last weekend was the Open Garden Squares Weekend organised by the London Parks & Gardens Trust (whose address is Duck Island Cottage – I kid you not). Over the 2 days many squares & gardens are open, just over a hundred of which are not usually open to the public.  

On Saturday we visited 7 different gardens about which I will  (possibly) write on another occasion, but on Sunday we visited only one.

DSCN3203 DSCN3191As we stepped out of the door it looked like any mature & pleasant garden, ducks on the lawn, a nice red brick wall round the outside….it is only when you look through one of the openings in the wall that you fully appreciate where you are.

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This is the Roof Gardens which are above what was the Derry & Toms Department store in High Street Kensington. You can read about them here. Now I have wanted to visit this garden for ages: it is generally open to the public but it takes something like the weekend event to push you to do something about your ambition.

DSCN3197   The upper level has a grass meadow & cow!

DSCN3207 This is the Tudor area.DSCN3208 DSCN3209

And now the Spanish themed garden

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And what is this ‘tree’ about?

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These gardens are very much worth a visit but all that kept going through my head during my visit was ‘How bizarre, how bizarre’.

Oops, nearly forgot the flamingosDSCN3205

5 comments:

  1. Looks amazing - I always think that flamingoes are a great asset to a garden

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  2. I think you are right - but where does one purchase such essential garden accoutrements?

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  3. It's a lovely, fascinating garden! Always wanted to visit and good to hear it is open to the public :)

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  4. I've been meaning to visit the roof gardens for a while - you've inspired me to go and have a peek!

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    1. Do go. The bumph says to check a couple of days before intending to visit in case there is some do there.

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