Gardener's Delight

I admire the statley gardens of Castle Howard and Scampston. The Walled Garden in Helmsley with an orchid house and probably my favourite is Hovingham Hall .Wolds Way Lavender has now returned to free entry for 2014 and is home to the only wood burning distillery in the country producing liquid gold.We are lucky to have all these in our area Ryedale. Not too far from here is Harrogate where you can wander around Harlow Carr, The RHS, The Spring Flower fair is held in Harrogate in April.There was a good presence of displays at Thirsk the other week .I took a few photos to tempt you to create your own Garden of Eden.

Catering Exhibition at Scarborough

Wednesday and Thursday saw the catering exhibition at Scarborough Spa. I went along to see what and who were new for the season. It was nice to catch up with Sarah Barrowby who was doing a sterling job flying the flag for Welcome to Yorkshire. Tate Smiths of Malton this is where we get Fentimans Rose Lemonade. Our family have got refreshments from this company based in Malton since my Dad was a lad so for over 80 years. For Jack he likes their barrels of John Smiths beer so with his big birthday coming up this year I guess I will be on the phone to them sooner rather than later. It was nice to catch up with the news from Scampston Walled Garden -this is one of my favourite garden. Home of the Legard family there is always a warm welcome here whether it be from the family or staff. A garden created by Piet Oudolf this is an attraction certainly worth visiting.