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.

Lavender blue dilly dilly...

I wonder why this nursery rhythm say blue I could swear it was purple. Well the fields I saw today at Wolds Way Lavender were purple. I felt very honoured to receive an invitation to the launch of their new products. We were also given a tour of the distillery which is the only wood burning one in the country. The bees were well happy with all the flowers.It is well worth a trip and you could make it a full day out .Take a book and sit in the fields and bob into the tea room when you feel peckish . Just like Provence without the hassle of having to cross the channel,worry about a foreign language or deal in a strange currency .And here we have it in the heart of North Yorkshire.easy access off the A64 between Malton and Scarborough. Talking of hearts -Anne and Steve Jacques have the biggest hearts you can find and we were treated to a lovely cream tea and I had elderflower cordial to drink as I don't do tea. We meet some lovely staff and Sarah was back from uni- talk about a chip off the old block. What a lovely family they are. So when you are thinking what can we do today, think Wolds Way Lavender for an attraction with the added bonus of tucking into delicious food. There are lavender plants to buy too for the green fingers. But what is so exciting is this new product range that was launched today. Blue bottles with very neat labelling on which will make wonderful presents or just a treat for yourself. Also very up market candles.I took so many photos I will have to make a You tube edit too so you can also check that out on my Youtube listings.

Literature Day at Eden Camp

Today it was off to Eden Camp near Malton see the exhibitors of the local tourist attractions in the area. Sarah Barrowby and Craig Nattress were representing Welcome to Yorkshire. Handing out brochures and answering queries they seemed to be having a very busy time. I had a long chat with the young lady who was on Robert Fullers stand. Besides having originals and prints they sell diaries,calenders and cards.You can have a sneak preview of what will be available for 2013.Found out that there is a longer railway track at Wold Ways Lavender Farm. Eden Camp were very hospitably as always providing us with their delicious homemade scones and a drink too. As I was tucking into my scone under the watchful eye of Winston Churchill I saw a lady walking towards me.Her eyes just looked like someone I played with over 50 years ago. I hadn't seen her since. so me being me when she passed by again I stood up and asked here and it was and after coming back to the area and runs a bed and breakfast abut 15 miles away.