Topic: RHS Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture

[hopalong]

Thanks betula. All of us found it tougher than we'd expected, but we're glad it's over - the first part, anyway.  We're all going on a trip to Cambridge Botanical Gardens on Monday as a special treat. :)

take your own food, or plenty cash! seriously, the winter border is stunning,

The Botanic garden isn't at its best right now; a lot of ongoing development work means that not all of the greenhouses are open and the buildings which held the cafe and shop have been demolished to make way for a new educational centre which should be fantastic when it opens.

That said, it's still a special place and has far too much interesting stuff to see in a single day's visit. The winter border is looking (and smelling) lovely right now.  And if you thought the food & drink was expensive in the botanic garden, better not go into the touristy parts of Cambridge.......

Thanks Ceratonia.  We enjoyed the Winter Garden.  Snowdrops and aconites growing side by side looked stunning. Also the silvery brambles mixed with various kinds of Cornus. Mahonia smelt great. But you're right that there wasn't a lot to see, so I sneaked off for an hour and a half to have lunch with my daughter who's at Clare College.

[Ceratonia]

Clare college is one of the few that has its gardens generally open to the public - the Fellows garden is probably the most beautiful of all of them, with lots of hidden parts. Better in summer or autumn, though.

[hopalong]

Clare college is one of the few that has its gardens generally open to the public - the Fellows garden is probably the most beautiful of all of them, with lots of hidden parts. Better in summer or autumn, though.

We walked round the Fellows garden in October when daughter started there.  Beautiful. Must have another look in the summer.