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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: shelagh on July 15, 2011, 09:34:05 AM

Title: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: shelagh on July 15, 2011, 09:34:05 AM

Brian and I  spent the day at Arley Hall yesterday, it is famous for it's wonderful borders of perennials and we were not disappointed.

I haven't named everything just sit back and enjoy an explosion of colour on a warm sunny day.

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: shelagh on July 15, 2011, 09:36:48 AM

There's more.

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: shelagh on July 15, 2011, 09:39:36 AM

And more.

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: Maggi Young on July 15, 2011, 10:46:52 AM

The Hall is rather striking with that natty English brickwork.

I love to see luxuriant herbaceous borders, not just because of the wealth of colur and texture but also because it makes me very grateful I don't have to do all that work to care for them ;)

The local wildlife is somewhat unusual, Shelagh.... not to say  totally unexpected.... were there warning signs?

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: shelagh on July 15, 2011, 01:40:27 PM

No not as such Maggi just a polite request not to sit on their floral rhino.

There was some more local wildlife quietly feeding in the Kitchen Garden.

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: shelagh on July 15, 2011, 01:43:48 PM

Keeping the columns of Ilex neat and tidy is obviusly a major job, we just caught them cutting the last one.

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: shelagh on July 15, 2011, 01:47:05 PM

Final batch. Including a Chaenorrhinum Blue Skies which was discussed fairly recently and the magnificent 'Cruck Barn' made back in  the 1600's and not a nail used in the original construction.

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: Maggi Young on July 15, 2011, 01:50:54 PM

Not sure that a passing reference to not sitting on Flora's Lino is adequate in terms of current Eflin Safety regs, but there you go.... ::)

The Romneya flowers are perfect!

The barn is terrific... do they use it for events, do you think?
Too much to hope it would be a tea- room... fear of fire, I suppose :-X

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: Brian Ellis on July 15, 2011, 02:35:36 PM

Great to see these wonderful borders again, I'm looking forward to re-visiting Wollerton Old Hall whose borders are also very impressive. Thanks Shelagh :D

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: shelagh on July 15, 2011, 07:48:54 PM

Thanks Brian we enjoy Wollerton as well but Arley was closer.

Maggi I don't think they use it for events and the Tea Rooms are in the Tudor Barn.

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: Lesley Cox on July 16, 2011, 11:12:16 PM

Quote from: Maggi Young on July 15, 2011, 01:50:54 PM

The barn is terrific... do they use it for events, do you think?

It would make a decent-sized potting shed though. :D

And of course I always knew the quintessential English garden would include a rhinocerus. He's magnificent. Reminds me of those fantastic elephants in London on the Forum some time ago.

What a wonderful day you had Shelagh. :)

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: annew on July 17, 2011, 10:51:40 AM

Great, Shelagh. That barn is stunning. How nice to be able to choose between that and a Tudor barn to serve teas in!

Title: Re: Arley Hall, Cheshire
Post by: FrazerHenderson on July 17, 2011, 12:05:24 PM

For more on Arley Hall see

 http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5675.0 (http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5675.0)