Topic: new photobucket account

[Marianne]

Wow Dirk - those colours are absolutely beautiful!
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[Dirkdigger]

Still going through old images from Knighthayes court garden.

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[Dirkdigger]

last one for a while.

[Mrs Ava]

You certainly have an eye for a fab pic!

[Dirkdigger]

With great surroundings, its not that difficult. Only 20 miles down the road from me, never been there before. Will certainly go back.
Anyone been to Heligan ? due to visit later in the year. Really looking forward to it, any special places to look out for ????

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[Roy Bham UK]

Wow that is almost 3 dimensional, feel I could dip my toe in there ;D well captured ;)

If you like sub-tropical green plants, you'll love "The Lost Gardens of Heligan", there is an abundance of hardy palms, tree ferns, banana plants, big leaf plants like Gunnera manicata and of course rhododendrons and hydrangea's.

Here's a link to my visit to Heligan piccies to give you a taster.
http://community.webshots.com/album/58573443DahuIW

[Dirkdigger]

Roy, thanks for the links to your photo's, some great images and weather. Interesting the other garden is another I want to visit, Trebah. If your photo's are anything to go by is a definite. The others on my list to visit are Trellissick ? and Lanhydrock. Anybody been to these venues ?
What about the Eden project, seems a mixed bag on the reports I've received. Everybody seems to be wowed by the DOMES nothing else.
I've been very tempted to try and go to a course at Rosemoor(RHS), they are advertising a 2 day course on garden photography, I think it runs in April and October. The photographer is a Clive Nichols, apparently world famous garden photographer. 2 days for £91, birthdays coming!!!!!!

[Moggle]

DD I went to the Eden Project a couple of years ago before I was properly in to gardening. Yes the domes are impressive, but I found a lot of the plants very impressive too, especially things like rice (growing in perspex/glass columns so you could see the roots), Coffee plants, papyrus, cork trees, and tobacco. Stuff used in ordinary life, but you rarely see a growing plant, or in some cases I didn't even know what the plant looked like before seeing it there.

Probably not as impressive as some gardens, but I thoroughly enjoyed my visit!  :)

And garden photography course sounds marvellous  ;D

[Dirkdigger]

Thanks for the info Moggle, I suppose if I'm in the area it would be a shame not to pay a visit
Yes the course sounds great, I'll need to check if there are any places still available.

[Mrs Ava]

Loved Eden, but then I am a sucker for a tropical plant, no matter where it is growing, and to see pawpaws growing, and coffee, and narnars, and the kids adore it, love the tropical dome.

Wonderful gardens down that way and if you are going to rosemore, there is another little paradise, but I haven't yet convinced my grandad to open his patch to the public.  ;D

[tim]

And Eden is there beyond it's beauty - to preserve for the future?

[Roy Bham UK]

I visited Eden in 2001 it was still in its prime, I was very impressed with the size of those Biomes, the tropical plants were not as impressive then, but I'll bet they are now, great experience, although I preferred the sub-tropical gardens in and around Cornwall. ;D

[Dirkdigger]

Roy, thanks for the photo's looks really good, would it be worth getting the fasttrack tickets, or just the old British custom of standing in a line ?

[Roy Bham UK]

From what I can remember Dirt Digger, it payed you to buy your ticket in advance from any tourist board, I believe it was at a reduced rate then but 4 years on things may have changed, enquire just in case, plus you were put in a separate queue so you got in quicker ;)

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