Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens Part 2

In response to those who queried the pink flower in my last post

It is a Rock Rose

I grew it from a cutting taken from a friend's garden

After 200 years, this garden at Leonardslee is often described as the

"most beautiful landscape garden in Europe in May"

I think I would agree with that.

We saw the rock garden in part 1, but now let's walk through the main garden.

We will walk the many paths that wind around this 200 acres of paradise.We are going to be walking up and down the steep slopes and around the 7 lakes at the bottom.

We will walk the wooded slopes steeped in Azaleas, the Magnolias and Camelias having finished and enjoy the

contrast of the wild Bluebells.

We will not miss the reflections in the lakes,

the Philip Jackson sculptures and the

wallabies brought to the garden 100 years ago as a way of keeping the grass clipped.

The white wallabies are a rare species.

They are moved around the garden as necessary

Have you noticed how often this man appears in my photos!

He's a saint actually to hang around while I do all this photography!

I'm 'stumped'

Beautiful reflection

Behind the scenes

We did take 4 breaks

coffee, lunch, ice-cream and afternoon tea

When we had seen the rock garden and these main gardens there was still the amazing dolls house and the vintage cars

so do come back soon and enjoy