anns question

[annie trip]

can anyone give me some ideas off nice garden related days out i could take a friend to on saturday for birthday treat? i am in lancashire and we both like anything veggie or orchard related?

[Silverfox]

http://www.flowershow.org.uk/index.php?page=3

2006 Harrogate Autumn Flower Show is on 15.09.06 - 17.09.06

Thats close to you isn't it?

[nick the grief]

I was going to suggest Harrogate. I don't think there is anything else on because of that. There are Veg & Flowesr there

[annie trip]

thanks its an idea and not too far away. she is planning a new orchard at mo and i am extending veggie patch so wanted somewhere to give us ideas on layout etc really.

[nick the grief]

After you've been to the show you could go to Harlow Carr Gardens they are just up the road from Harrogate

[Bibliobeck]

How about Tatton Park in Cheshire Annie? I always promise myself a visit when I head home to Lancs to visit family but never seem to get round to it. They recently restored their walled kitchen garden - looked amazing on TV although as I say I've never visited in person. Be interested to know what anyone else thought about it though. And if you MUST pop into Chester for some shopping after, then you must

[nick the grief]

then nipp round to LJ lottie & take her foto!!

[Lesley Jay]

Nick you sod!!

[nick the grief]

Who Me

[Lesley Jay]

YES you Nick!!!!!

[annie trip]

harrogate would be about2hours away so a bit too far, have found a site for leighton hall that looks nice but any unusual ideas appretiated!

[nick the grief]

Try this Annie

http://www.gardensearch.co.uk/garden...h_cheshire.htm

Or Croxteth

Croxteth Hall & Country Park
Muirhead Avenue East
Liverpool
L12 0HB
Tel: 0151 228 5311 The ancestral home of the Molyneux family, the Earls of Sefton, this grand mansion is surrounded by 500 acres of grounds and parkland which include a Victorian walled garden.

Directions: From Liverpool City Centre, follow signs for the A580 St Helens. Continue past Everton Football Statium and after you pass under a railway bridge, turn left into Dwerryhouse Lane. Croxteth Hall is located at the end of this road.