On Monday we visited The Vyne, a National Trust property near Basingstoke. The Vyne is a 16th century estate and country house built for Lord Sandys, Henry VIII's Lord Chamberlain. Henry is supposed to have stayed there.
The gardens are less formal than some NT properties and all the better for that. This week the jewel of the garden is the wild flower meadow in the walled garden
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This first photo of the house from across the lake is stolen from Wikipedia. The rest are mine.
This wing shows how much the walls have moved!
The ceiling decorations are all made with papier maché to reduce the weight
I don't think that I've ever seen a Wisteria grown as a tree before
The Wild Flower Meadow
Lots of bees around the walled garden. Anyone for onion honey?!
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