Ickworth House in the spring

We wanted to make the most of the spring sunshine today, and so decided  to visit Ickworth House  www.nationaltrust.org,uk   which is just outside Bury St Edmunds . Instead of taking the main roads we drove through the countryside. The route took us through Sudbury and then past the turning for Long Melford. which is a lovely village [...]

Beth Chatto’s Garden

Even though we live very near to Beth Chatto’s garden www.bethchatto.co.uk which is  in Elmstead Market, I have only visited once and that was many years ago.

Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum

Just a note about our short visit to Mark’s Hall Gardens and Arboretum last Sunday. We dropped by to visit their Christmas Farmer’s Market. It was £2 per car to get in, but we didn’t feel there was enough value for money from the market even at that low price!

In contrast to previous visits to their regular [...]