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Autumn, exotic garden, Garden Visits, Japanese maples, North Yorkshire, RHS Harlow Carr, six on saturday
I managed to visit Harlow Carr for the first time this week. The weather was chilly and there were some short sharp showers, but as you know, us gardeners are undeterred by weather.
The place was reasonably busy thanks to half term holidays but as it is spread over a significant site it did not feel crowded a key concern at this time.
The six I am sharing this week with lovely you and our host The Propagator are my highlights from the garden at RHS Harlow Carr.
I love this image, the ruby red of the fallen maple leaf looks so vivid against the emerald rich green of the Bergenia.
2. The trees at Harlow Carr are exceptionally beautiful at this time of the year thanks to Japanese Maples and Liquidambar. The variation in colour and texture is incredible. I don’t think I have ever seen so many varieties at this the peak of their Autumn season.
Planted at key points around the garden the foliage literally sings out.
3. Outside the booth for Bettys’s Tearooms there was a fun cage for leaf collecting.
4. There is a vegetable garden area which is as you would expect is an arrangement of raised beds and veg but the part I really liked was a bobbly hedge of Malus Evereste. This looked very attractive.
5. In a corner there is a lovely Exotic garden full of luscious leaves and bright shining dahlias.
6. Around a beautiful tree is a circle of hedges of yew and an exquisite bench.
I love how the hedges enclose the area around the tree. The beautiful bench around the mighty trunk, the views enclosing and opening the surrounding garden, as if protecting the tree.
My six from Harlow Carr. I hope liked this snap shot. Have a great weekend wherever you are and thanks for reading. D.
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What a terrific idea is the leaf collector: practical and decorative at the same time.
This looks like an enchanting garden to visit.
Lovely and enchanting is a good description. Thank you.
I would love to visit there some day!
It was my first visit and as an RHS member I was familiar with it from The Garden magazine but photos don’t do it justice.
There was a feature on winter at Harlow Carr on Gardeners World on Friday – I wonder if you saw it? Another good time of year to visit, I think. We last went in Sept 2019 (there was an interesting sculpture display at the time), and as my younger sister had just moved to Harrogate I was anticipating visiting more frequently, but sadly that was not meant to be. One of my nieces is now working there though, as a biochemist looking at plant health.
I did see it and felt is was apt timing, just for me! I am so sorry about your sister but how fabulous that one of your nieces is a biochemist working there.
Thanks Dorris. My neice also gets to go to the RHS shows in her work capacity too
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I should investigate that method of collecting tea leaves. I do not drink enough tea to bother with it, but if I were to grow tea, I would prefer black tea to green tea. I know that green tea only needs to be dried, so is easier to process. I am just none too keen on it.
Green tea is an acquired taste I think