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Looking west down into the Upper Walled Garden from the east side.
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The View From Above
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Another View From Above
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Using a wider angle lens and moving a bit to clear the tree overhead in the photo on the left, we see almost the entire Garden.
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Looking north across the center oval. The exit through the far arch leads to the east side of the Pool Garden.
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North Across the Center Oval
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The View to the Northwest
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The view to the northwest.
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Looking south to the distant hills. One of the interesting things about the Aberglasney layout in relation to the surrounding topography is that the visitor is usually unaware of the distant hills, but when the hills do come into view they are rather compelling as seen in this photo and the next two!
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South to the Hills
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South to the Hills
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Again, the formal layout, the stone wall visually "holding it together" and the distant hills are too compelling a photo opportunity to pass up.
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Looking south--the archway leads to the Kitchen Garden--and way beyond is the Lower Woodland Garden, known as Pigeon House Wood.
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South to the Kitchen Garden
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West Side of the House About to be Painted
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Although the soon to be completed painting of the House will have the most impact on the Courtyard Garden, it will also have a dramatic affect on the Upper Walled Garden. We will show the change as soon as possible!
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And our final southward view of this garden in this report--but I am sure there will be many more in the future.
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South to the Hills
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West to the Kitchen Garden
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Moving to the right and again looking across to the arched exit to the Kitchen Garden a mauve Eupatorium is blooming in the front and across the path can be seen just some of the 3,600 tiny Buxus sempervirens plants that line the beds.
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Blue Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' in the front and Monarda 'Purple Ann' in the back on the right and mauve Eupatorium atropurpureum in the background on the left. From this low angle the photo is a bit deceptive--the plantings appear to continue to the wall because the grass beyond them cannot be seen.
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Nepeta, Monarda, and Eupatorium
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Crocosmia 'Star of the East' and Anemone
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The white Japanese Anemone 'Honorine Jobert' and yellow Crocosmia 'Star of the East' are just two of the 70 different perennials in the Upper Walled Garden.
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This Fig in the Northeast corner is literally growing out of the wall, having layered itself from a now deceased tree which grew next to it.
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Fig
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Umbilicus rupestris
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Umbilicus rupestris--found on many of the stone walls--blooms for several months during the spring and early summer. Shown here are the remains of the dried flower stalks and some very small leaves. We will show them in bloom next year.
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