Loseley Park – Part two

For How Does Your Garden Grow? this week we’re exploring the gardens at Loseley Park (you can read Loseley Park Part one here).

Whilst it’s an exciting time in the Dove garden, there’s very little to show you yet. The last of the decking I broke my wrist on has been demolished and it’s being replaced with a patio. POD will finally have somewhere she can ride her Scrumblebug. Our friendly Robin is currently using the area as a dust bath but it will be a great space for BBQ’s especially. Perhaps even a breakfast or two if this gorgeous weather stays.

Alas the rest of the garden seems to be having a bit of a lull. The rose bushes and trees are doing amazingly well but the flowers have not enjoyed the recent temperatures. That said the Sunflower seeds I planted with POD are going berserk and our Red Hot Pokers are beginning to flower for a second time.

I will give you a tour of the garden next time so you can see what’s occurring.

Back to Loseley Park. After enjoying some *compulsory* Loseley ice-cream, our first stop was the walled garden. Covering 2.5 acres, it’s divided into ‘rooms’, each with its own personality. Wisteria covered an entire wall which must be an incredible sight when in full bloom.

Over a thousand old English rose bushes are planted in the Rose Garden. They’re all perfectly framed by long, low and very precisely clipped box hedges. The colours and smells are just superb. POD enjoyed giving several a good sniff.

The Flower Garden contains a display that is fiery and bold – lots of red, orange, yellow and blue. I couldn’t begin to tell you what a lot of the flowers were but beautiful all the same.

The Herb Garden has provided the kitchen with essential ingredients for hundreds of years. They now have two hundred varieties. How amazing to have such a choice!

A central water feature sits in the White Garden which is a tranquil oasis of white, cream and silver. I attempted to take a photograph of a dragonfly but it was impossible.

Nearby was the Kitchen Garden, a practical organic vegetable garden with unusual varieties. A wildflower meadow sits on what used to be the Loseley cricket pitch by the moat.

We’re linking this post up with How does your garden grow? over at Mammasaurus. If you have a post to share, you can join in by clicking the badge below. Or just have a nose around some pretty gardens. We’re also linking up with Country Kids over at Coombe Mill.