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Old 10-06-2010, 02:18 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default East Ruston Old Vicarage


"mark" wrote
I went last year. It is very impressive. So much so I'm going again
soon, even though it costs £6! The owners have formed several long
corridors which criss cross the site and each is blanked off with a
hedge into which a hole is cut to frame a landmark, eg., churches and
Happisburgh (Haisboro) Lighthouse. The intensity of gardening over
such a large site is amazing.


Yes, I agree. East Ruston is definitely worth a visit - lovely gardens.
They're holding a summer party event one evening next month, if that
coincides with your stay Sacha. One of the owners, Alan Gray, writes a
gardening page for the regional EDP newspaper's Saturday supplement and
regularly contributes on local radio horticultural programmes.

Some additions to other suggestions for places to visit:
Norwich Castle Museum.
Norwich Cathedral and Cathedral Close.
Art museum at The Sainsbury Centre (at UEA in Norwich).
http://www.scva.org.uk/ .
Pensthorpe, where the BBC's "Springwatch" programme is currently being
broadcast from. http://www.pensthorpe.com/gardens/index.htm .
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Gardens.
If you pootle further to the south of the county there's Bressingham
Gardens, featuring the late Alan Bloom's Dell Garden plus his adjacent
steam engine collection.

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Sue