It was a real Summer morning for our walk. It was bright and warm - quite humid actually, and certainly the warmest morning we have had this year! We hiked over farmland, marvelling at the abundance of wild flowers and the Charlton Viaduct, which never fails to impress. As you can see above, we passed some other walkers admiring the view...
When the weather is so good it is a great idea to visit a garden which is open with the National Garden Scheme. This scheme, which has been going since 1927, has raised more than 45 million pounds for nursing and caring charities. Today, I have been involved with a garden at East Burford House, which has been open for the last couple of days as part of this scheme...
I designed the poster for it and the One Craft Gallery had a pop-up shop in a garden room, leading onto one of the terraced gardens. It was very hot, even with the french doors wide open! There was also a second hand books stall and a plant stand with all the proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer charity. The pics above give a taster of the beautiful gardens of East Burford House (just outside Shepton, near Pilton), which contain some wonderful sculptures and many interesting things!
I had a good time manning the shop and meeting people, who were interested in buying the art and crafts on offer. Particularly popular, were the ceramic garden sculptures and handmade sunhats!
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