Visited the first Stratford on Avon Home and Garden Show held at Alscot Park, we had a great time in spite of black clouds, thunder and lightning and heavy rain!
The house was out of bounds but we had a wander round the grounds. Really loved the
stunning lavender garden which was humming with hundreds of bees making the most of it.
The black clouds were beginning to get closer so we didn’t spend quite as much time looking at the gardens as we would have liked (another reason to come back again next year!) but here are some of the views we saw:
We had to escape thunder, lightning and heavy rain so nipped into the demonstration
marquee to listen to the Weber BBQ chef talk about pizzas – with some tasters too,
a nice little interlude.
Then it was time to make our purchases before heading home. These included some metal
garden sculptures from Zimbolic:
Thyme and sage from Hooksgreen Herbs:
Campanula from Naieus Exotics:
Seeds from Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants (really looking forward to growing these flowers):
No photos of the chocolate brownie, that disappeared quite quickly…
Shame about the weather, but it didn’t spoil a lovely day for us and we’ll definitely be back next year, hopefully without the storms so we can spend more time in the garden.
allotmentinmygarden 
It looks like a good place to visit, even when it isn’t sunny! xx
I don’t think it is usually open to the public either, so it was good to get the opportunity to have a nosy 😉