We have spent a lot of time this summer visiting gardens. A
few weeks ago we visited Greysgarth near Lancaster, and then yesterday we went
to Scampston Hall Gardens, near Bridlington. They were both quite different;
Greysgarth has a stream running through it and has been classically designed to
incorporate the landscape and its features. It has been divided into ‘rooms’
each with its own character, shrubs in this one, flowers for cutting in that
one, a kitchen garden over here. Not sure it is at its best in late August but
it is still lovely and full of interest.
Late August is definitely the time to visit Scampston,
however. It is almost the opposite of Greysgarth; there are swathes of identical
planting, grasses planted in this corner, wildflower meadows over here,
conventional shrubs over there, all from the same limited palette so that
everything repeats over and over again. The image above expresses it better
than any words.
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