One of our favorite places to visit here on the Hook Peninsula has been Tintern Abbey. It’s absolutely stunning. There’s something about the surrounding woodland that puts one’s mind at ease. It is one of the most peaceful places I have had the pleasure of visiting.
The Colclough family owned Tintern Abbey until recently, and their ownership was granted after King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and went Protestant. Their walled garden was built in the 1800’s to accomodate their lordly desires to show off their wealth and enjoy exotic fruits and vegetables year-round.
The garden was abandoned for ages–was completely run-down–and the community received funding in 2009 to revamp it. It really is looking fantastic, and the team is doing their best to utilize the methods of the Victorian-era gardeners.
Some photographs, of course:
Modest Entrance
Autumn Cozy~
It is a simple garden so far…but elegant and welcoming nonetheless
Fruit trees ~ Less than half of the total garden area is shown in this photograph
A quaint, gurgling stream runs throughout the length of the garden~
A still-colorful border
Today was a really, really hard day’s work. Lots of weeding, topping off hand-made steps with gritty gravel, and hours of splitting logs. Hopefully we’ll have some more “before-and-after”s up again shortly.
Until tomorrow!
Keep working hard, Babygirl! My fav was the little bridge crossing the stream.
It does look lovely and peaceful!
Alicia, you’d love it. I can’t even really describe how beautiful it is, but you just immediately feel calm when you step into the area