Mottisfont Abbey

This post comes with a health warning!

Gasps of awe may occur throughout,
so proceed with caution!!

Breath taking or what??

This is the walled rose garden at Mottisfont Abbey, near Romsey in Hampshire.

They have over 350 roses, imagine if you can the heady perfume they create!

Now is the time to go, however it was very busy, try and go for later in the day,

as for the next two weeks they open until 8pm.

Plants that grew amongst the roses were:

geraniums

campanulas

alliums

dianthus

foxtail lilys

penstemen

peonies

iris

erigiums

nepeta

All edged by box and lavender.

Heavenly!!

There is also the house itself which has a whole room painted by Whistler which is beautiful and lovely grounds including a river walk with rainbow trout and ducklings!!!

It was a lovely perfect day to celebrate my Dads birthday.

So here he is in his veg patch using his present,

a wolf adaptable tool,

which he is very chuffed with indeed!