Historic Houses and Gardens
My family has been members of the National Trust and English Heritage for as long as I can remember. Now that we live in Scotland, we are members of the National Trust for Scotland and, lately, of the Historic Houses, which has more properties to visit around us.
We also love to visit Historic Environment Scotland properties at every opportunity.
Oliver, my husband is also a member of Friends of Friendless Churches. He loves old buildings and has a great interest in them. He has been dragging me to see these lovely places since day one we were together! :-)
I also love everything about a garden. I am quite fascinated by flowers, plants and nature. But you probably all know that by now. I even have an Instagram account documenting my progress in creating a cottage garden from our “new build garden”. Check it out if you like @scottishcottagegarden.
We love supporting these organisations and always have a great time visiting these beautiful and interesting places full of history and great architecture.
Let’s explore these historic houses and gardens together! :-)
Magical Bodnant Garden in North Wales Nestling in the Conwy Valley with the magnificent Snowdonia foothills, Bondant Garden is a truly magical place. With its dramatic scenery, historic plant collection and myriad horticultural styles it will capture your heart and live in your memory. It will certainly do with me. […]
SHEFFIELD BOTANICAL GARDENS The Sheffield Botanical Gardens is approximately 1 mile southwest of Sheffield City Centre. Opened in 1836, the gardens consist of 19 acres of land and have around 5,000 species of plants. Originally designed by Robert Marnock in the “Gardensque” style, they were open in 1836. The incredibly […]
LEA GARDENS – A HIDDEN GEM Lea Gardens near Matlock, Derbyshire really is a hidden gem and so not many people know about this stunning, colourful place. I absolutely love it. I try and go every year at least once. Last year I went with the boys, but this time […]
KEUKENHOF GARDENS – A BOOST OF BEAUTIFUL COLOURS Although it doesn’t look like from the window, it’s the first day of spring today. I am stuck indoors with my poorly son so I thought I would write a blog post about our last year’s visit to Keukenhof Gardens near Amsterdam […]