Borde Hill

 Borde Hill is a National Trust garden set in 383 acres of parkland, there are garden rooms, an Italianate Garden, Jay Robin's Rose Garden, an azalea ring and a paradise walk. Our visit coincided with a coach party visit with the flowers of this tree a great source of excitement. It's Emmenopterys henryi . It's a deciduous tree native to central and south western China. It was introduced into the UK in 1907 and is notoriously shy to flower in the West. This tree has only flowered 5 times in its near century of life. The early summer heatwave is thought to have contributed towards its flowering.

There were some fabulous hydrangeas in flower on what might have been the Paradise Walk

Another view of hydrangeas

I loved this view of one of the glasshouses with a fig plant inside and nerines outside

In the rose garden there's a sculpture of a woman with hands turning into roses and water spurting out of them

I thought I'd seen this fruit before at Sculpture by the Lakes and since it's by Simon Gudgeon entitled 'Fruit Platter', I'm sure I have. I have visited the gorgeous Sculpture by the Lakes twice and written about it here in 2019

Below the Italianate Garden with a large stretch of water

And lastly long borders

A lovely place to visit