Buscot

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Buscot in 1938 - Eric Revilious (1903-1942)
Should you ever find yourself travelling across the southern Cotwold borders with Oxfordshire then Buscot is a 'must' visit. A wonderful parkland filled with vistas, a beautiful walled garden in which to wander, and a stunning water garden designed by the reknowned Harold Peto, and lastly a Palladian style house filled with exquisite treasures from The Faringdon Collection 
On this visit we walked through flower strewn parklands

enjoyed pathways and vistas

peeped in at the walled garden

bypassed the house filled with treasures
and wandered down 

to the water garden

which we enjoyed all by ourselves

(Primrose is derived from the Latin primus meaning first)
but you dear friends are welcome

 to join us 

and share Harold's 

lovely water gardens

before anyone else arrives!

Happy Easter

 

During Easter, whilst many of us will be spending time with family or friends, I am conscious of those who have lost or have severely injured family members in the brutal Brussels attacks, so many lives which will never be the same again

The Awakening

Snowdrops have been nodding their heads for weeks in our gardens - finally mother nature has caste off her winter mantle and rubbed the dust out of her eyes. She has opened wide her paint box and splashed yellows, pinks and blues around our land.

Blue skies, brilliant sunshine, an early morning nip in the air all succeeded in tempting us out for our first picnic of the year to The Weir Garden, Herefordshire. 

A garden sitting high on a loop of the River Wye as it meanders from Wales through the Herefordshire countryside before journeying on to the Bristol Channel and out in to the Atlantic 

A musical cacophany of bird song filled the air, chirping Robins protecting their territory, the mewing of six large Buzzards as angry nesting Rooks chased them away from their tree top eries, whilst across the river two Bean geese honked at us before taking flight to breed in Scandinavia. 

The garden is managed in a natural way to create a varied habitat for wildlife. There is very little formality apart from some large topiary domes, and structures which give interesting walks, and steep steps to explore up and down the river bank. 

A garden of many pathways to explore

Ancient woodlands - excavations have shown that there once was a multi roomed Roman residence complete with columns and mosaics thought to have belonged to a Roman official from nearby Kenchester

Glades filled with naturalised flowers

but always acccompanied by tantalising glimpses of the River Wye as it merrily travels on its way