A visit to West Green House Gardens

The hottest day of the year at the weekend prompted our first visit to West Green House Gardens near Hartley Wintney in Hampshire. National Trust members can get in free which was a bonus for us! The house has had a chequered past including being bombed in the 1990s by the IRA. Consequently the house is not open to the public any more but thankfully the breathtaking gardens are.

A view of the house which Country Life described as "the perfect embodiment of tranquil contentment and serenity of spirit".

A view across the walled gardens towards the fruit cages planted with topiaried berry fruits.

As the weather was so hot the garden was heady with the scent from all of the flowers.



A view looking South East from the Water Garden, framed by this circular hole in the wall.

An appealing garden bench at the end of a grass path through some very English flowering borders.



A glimpse inside the big greenhouse which contained a mixture of flowering plants and vegetables.

My favourite flowers are peonies and this one was very eye-catching indeed!