Bird flats..

My friend Eileen & I have had a fantastic day at the open gardens in Whitechape & Inglewhite.

A country area some of the gardens were a couple of acres so plenty of scope to make something very special...I think lots of us went home with renewed enthusiasm for gardening!!

I particularly liked the many different areas of seating in many of the gardens..you could follow the sun, take a book into the many sort of room areas...hide from the family!!

A catching up night on 365 tonight!

Three good things:
1. A very enlightening day in some delightful gardens !
2. I bought a very large dog bowl in a garage sale for £2, ideal for the ducks that visit.
3. A picnic on a rug in the sun.

[Judith Johnson]

I love how they trim these bushes. Sounds like a good day out.

[Cathy Donohoue]

Your picnic sounds wonderful - oh for a glimpse at the sun. This is what I think of as English formal gardens. Lovely shot.

[Jane Pittenger]

like the leading line and the bird flying on the post in the background though I can't see if its real or not even enlarged

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Hedge envy, beautiful

[Judith Greenwood]

An idyllic day and a more active one than mine (thank goodness for the dog walk or I could never have justified the ice cream!)

[Gerry]

very beautiful hedges and photo

[Pat Knowles]

@jgpittenger I think it's a light if I remember rightly Jane! I think looking at it would have been better cropped out!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such neatly manicured hedges !! I wouldn't like that job Pat !! but they are beautiful well captured -sounds as if you have had a super day !

[Wendy]

What a fantastic way to spend the day. Garden tours are so much fun - and invigorating! Beautiful photo of a lovely yard and hedges.

[KWind]

I really like manicured gardens like this! Great shot!

[Rob Wareham]

Like the pigeon loft hiding in the bushes but they don't look very pigeon friendly. Was it inhabited?

[Pat Knowles]

@barrowlane No sign of any pigeons Rob....too clean underneath!

[Diana Moss]

Sounds like a perfect summers day,every were is looking so lovely in the sunshine

[Maggiemae]

The clipped bushes look like a bunch of old fat ladies all standing up to the opposite smug bush! No, seriously they are good to see! And the dovecote. I like your last good thing a lot!

[Juliette Packham]

this looks like a cool garden...sounds a great day, it was fabulous weather wasn't it? picnic sounds great! been ages since I had one on a nice day - we've had a few forced gloomy day ones, but they are never quite the same!!

[Pat Knowles]

@maggiemae Thanks maggiemae...i have a photo somewhere of our quick picnic!

[Peggy Sirk]

Sounds like a wonderful day at what looks to be a splendid garden! I think I need to take a garden tour to renew my motivation for gardening. The rain has totally dampened my enthusiasm lately.

[Gillian]

Sounds like a wonderful day. I like the idea of those little spots where one can hide away with a good book!

[Sue Wilde]

What a great day. This is lovely

[Mary]

Lovely shot for what sounds like a lovely day.

[Phil Howcroft]

the bushes / hedges have been nicely trimmed Pat.....love all the greens in this shot

[Karin Hirsch]

Very lovely hedges wish my garden would look as tidy , for a little while anyway, great pigeon flats

[Barbara Paquette]

Make sure you tell Tui it is only for ducks. The hedges on the left look like giant green sheep!

[Pat Knowles]

@bpaquette hehe will do!!

[Taephy]

That must be a nice place to visit.

[Jennifer]

Nice shot, I like the dovecote.

[JH]

Cool. There's a 'spontaneous city' in a tree near us full of flats of all sizes from tiny beetles to bats to birds.

[James Verdi]

Great spot.