Attendees: Claire, Fiona, Vicky
My first time to BC, after hearing Claire bang on about it for the best part of a decade!
I wasn't disappointed. The garden is set against a backdrop of mellow oast house and rolling Hampshire downs speckled with sheep. The hot midday sun beat down on us and lit up the drifts of poppies and alliums. We glanced appreciatively over the garden, before heading inside to the sale of vintage bits and bobs in the barn. From there we took our seats (back row, of course) for the 'Stars of Chelsea' talk. One of the stars was Dianthus cruentus, which we had purchased at Wolverton Garden Centre the previous week. In horticultural terms, this makes us as fashionable as Kate's nude LK Bennets.
After the talk and some more in-depth appreciation of the planting we ate a delicious lunch of roasted veg and salmon pasta, salad and a lemon meringue roulade.
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