Back to Aywiers

With the strong wind and rain we thought the garden fair at Aywiers would be a wash-out, but a reassuring phone call told us it was open for business despite the weather. And indeed it was, under dramatic skies.

Having often been here before, everything is now very familiar though still very much a pleasure to stroll through. We bought more tulip bulbs and an Agapanthus root to plant, had sausage rolls and local drinks and the missus of course tried on some more expensive country coats.

The gardens are absolutely lovely in their own right, so I took more photos of the grounds than the actual greenery on sale. Except for this display of rusty silhouettes which I wouldn't want in my garden but looked very effective here.

The leaves under this tree weren't from that tree; the wind had blown them there to rest in the lee of the tree. And when we left, the wind had broken branches to land on top of our car.