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Now it’s the turn of cherries to take centre stage. Across the UK, particularly in our towns, cities, gardens and parks, Japanese flowering cherries are bursting into blossom. The National Collection of flowering cherries is at Batsford Arboretum in the Cotswolds, it’s a magical place to visit in spring www.gardenstovisit.net
Magnolia mania has hit the UK! Due to the cold winter followed by this weeks high temperatures, magnolias are flowering throughout Britain like never before. Gardens to head for to see this beautiful phenomenon include Borde Hill in Sussex, Kew Gardens in London, Caerhays Castle in Cornwall, Bodnant in Wales and Castle Howard in Yorkshire. www.gardenstovisit.net
How’s this for size?! Rhododendron macabeanum in flower now at Bodnant Garden www.gardenstovisit.net
With so many false starts this year, our gardens are still struggling to produce spring flowers in abundance, but it won’t be long until we are able to relax and enjoy scenes like this - photo taken in the gardens at Hidcote in May. www.gardenstovisit.net
I used to live in both Blockley and Moreton in Marsh. It was so nice to have Hidcote on the doorstep.
The Winter Garden at Bodnant Gardens in North Wales, still looking fantastic today www.gardenstovisit.net
As seen on TV’s BBC Gardeners’ World tonight.
Ok, it’s time to say goodbye to snow, ice and winter and look forward to flowers, sun and spring. Rhododendron photo taken last March at Lydney Park Gardens in the Forest of Dean, a beautiful spring garden. www.gardenstovisit.net
If you are into trees, you may like to know that the tallest tree in Western Europe is to be found in a forest near Betws-y-Coed in Snowdonia. It is a Douglas Fir and it is over 68 metres tall (224 feet). It has been officially measured by the Tree Register of the British Isles TROBI. www.gardenstovisit.net
Snowtopiary in the amazing gardens at Plas Brondanw in Snowdonia, North Wales. Ancestral home of Portmeirion creator Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. www.plasbrondanw.com
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Garden Holidays in Snowdonia
Springtime in the Gardens of Snowdonia and North Wales, 14th - 18th May 2018
A magical springtime tour of the beautiful gardens of Snowdonia and North Wales led by garden writer and broadcaster Tony Russell.
This is the time of year when the gardens are overflowing with
colour from flowering magnolias, camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas.
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis
The architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, is probably best known for his creation of the 'Italianate' village of Portmeirion on the north-west coast of Wales. A fantasy landscape, visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year ...
Less well-known is Sir Clough's ancestral home and garden at Plas Brondanw. Here, long before he embarked on Portmeirion, Sir Clough created one of the finest 'Arts & Crafts' gardens in Britain.
Nymans
Originally created by wealthy stockbroker Ludwig Messel and his notable head gardener James Comber from the 1860s onwards, the gardens at Nymans were further expanded and developed by Ludwig’s son Leonard and then by his granddaughter Anne, Countess of Rosse, before being given to the National Trust in 1954. Today the garden is rightly considered to contain one of the finest woody plant collections in England and includes many original introductions, some collected in the wild by James Comber’s son Harold as well as approximately 40 home-bred varieties.
Garden Themed Holidays
Tony Russell leads a number of garden-themed holidays, covering all parts of the world.
To find out more about a garden-themed holiday please click here
The Garden Holidays page features an article, originally published in the Telegraph.
This article gives an enjoyable account of a garden-themed holiday that Tony Russell led and is an excellent introduction to Garden Tours.
The Garden Holidays page also has a brief description and links to two companies that Tony Russell works with - Brightwater Holidays & Victoria Travel.
Discover Britain's Gardens
Discover Britain's Gardens is currently a seasonal magazine which is published four times a year.
The October - December 2017 edition is now available.
Get a yearly subscription for £10 (nearly 37% of the Retail price)
Photographic Library
Over the last ten years, Tony Russell has built up a digital photographic library of some 12,000 high quality publishable images relating to trees, shrubs, flowers, gardens and landscapes. Selections of Tony Russell's pictures have appeared in numerous articles and books.
These images are now available for others to use.
They may be of special value to Magazine Editors, Writers and Journalists in illustrating articles and magazine features.
The pictures are not available elsewhere - they are exclusive to Gardens to Visit.
To find out more details please go here.