On the Saturday B was happy gardening again so I suggested a visit to Burford House Gardens Centre to D.
Burford House
We didn't look round the gardens at Burford House as you now have to buy a yearly or daily pass which I do plan to do this year when B is with us. I must admit I have really missed visiting these gardens. My great grandparents and paternal grandmother before she married lived at Burford and the former and their son are buried in Burford churchyard. Rosie from Corners of My Mind very kindly did some family history research for me on a website and found out my great grandmother was laundress for Burford House and my great grandfather was a coachman and I suspect he also worked there. So for me there is a real family connection to Burford.
We used to visit the church around Easter time with my grandparents so that nana could put flowers on her family graves. I would love to see the house/cottage(s) where they lived but details on the census seem a bit vague on the actual address. Although I do know for a time they lived at Redgate Cottage or House which I haven't been able to track down although there is a Redgate Avenue but in Tenbury Wells rather than Burford. Much of Burford these days consists of new build houses and I do wonder if some of the older houses/cottages were demolished to provide land. I do remember a photo my father had of nana's parents taken outside their house but, although I brought many photos home when I cleared my parents house, you might know I can't find that particular picture!
The rather lovely dragon sculpture.
There were mallard ducklings on the pool at the front of the house - sorry rubbish photo!
Trees by the car park were full of blossom :)
We had a look round the shop at the garden centre then looked at the plants in the nursery area. I could have spent a fortune but B had bought plants from home for the caravan garden and borders and we have seeds to plant there too.
D and I are thinking of doing a bigger herb pot - D has his eye on a half barrel container. So we may return to buy some herbs or else go to the National Herb Centre.
I'd like to plant a pot at the caravan with succulents but these were really too big for my purpose. I'd like to put about four smaller ones in a pot.
Timothy feeling brave!!
We had lunch before we left - a toasted ciabatta with smoked applewood cheddar and chutney.
We came home the following day. Hopefully, we will be returning soon and one of these days I hope we can start stopping for a week. Three or four nights is not a long enough break.
All photos taken by me with the Panasonic Lumix FZ330 bridge camera. (I don't particularly rate my photos but if anyone wishes to use one of mine or my son's I would be grateful for an email first - thanks).
