Dear Mum, it is a very special place. To see it in its spring glory is a must, especially as you like Iris reticulata, and in the summer the white Garden is full of different scents everywhere.
I think the trees are amazing as I love trees as you know, and the whole place has a special ambiance about it, it is like going to Beamish Museum and stepping back in time.
As there is not that much grass there, and the Garden is tiered the work has to be done by hand. Even down to Hedge laying, which I was taught at Sparsholt!
Nice to know it is protected, I could never see such a beautiful place like that destroyed. I wonder what my nieces would think of it? Connie seems to like it and they have never heard of it either, and they don't live that far away from it!
Love.
Neil.
