Yesterday was sensationally bright after a few miserable days. The Walled Kitchen Garden at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, is remarkable in summer, spring and autumn. But unless one is delighted by clean vegetable beds - and there is an attraction - then the completely restored Long Range Glasshouse, a grade 11 listed building and the longest continuous greenhouse belonging to the National Trust, is the place to be.
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| All the shrubs and herbaceous borders have been cleaned up for winter. I have other photographs of them in their glory for another post. |
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| "The Gourd, the Bad and the Ugly" was the caption for masses of these colourful squash, pumpkin and gourd. |
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| Everything has been painted and original woodwork retained wherever possible, a heck of a job when the sun shone from what I could see. |
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| Chrysanthemum Ragomante looked far better cascading down than it did sticking out of a pot. And I give the name on the label. I am unable to discover the variety on the web. |
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| A much more conventional, fresh chrysanthemum. |
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| The potting shed is full of clay pots of every description. |
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| Even in winter the glasshouse is glorious on a bright day with Christmas lanterns hanging in preparation for one of the Trust's many activities. A future trip with the grandchildren? |
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| Oh deer! |
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| Deer deer deer. |
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| In the autumn the building is full of grapes and tomatoes. Now it is pelargoniums to touch for the scent or to feast the eyes. A refuge from the cold in winter, not that the day was cold at all, anything but. |
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| The central section is quite regal. |
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| A Clumber Christmas full of gourd things. (My original caption offered, with love, to the Trust.) |
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