Saturday, September 26, 2009

Anglesey Abbey Dahlia Festival

Anglesey Abbey is a favourite place for us to visit, especially for the snowdrops and Winter Walk, but now is also a great time of year to go to see the dahlias at their best. We went last Sunday and found they had a Dahlia Festival on. That was lucky! There was a small display at the visitor centre...

...but the real spectacle is the magnificent crescent shaped dahlia garden.

The plants are arranged chromatically from dark reds and violets at one end through to pale yellow and white at the other. This one was Young Miss' favourite...

And this one, to me, is a classic...


There were also displays of dahlia arrangements throughout the house...

which we visited after lunch in the rebuilt visitor centre.

Magnificent! You can see more of my pictures here on Flickr.
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Unknown said...

Hello. We know the Gardens at Anglesea Abbey (used to live at Burwell). It's lovely to see them, they're obviously broadening their interests now. We now live in South Suffolk about twenty miles from you. Keep up the bloggery.
Regards, Mike and Ann.

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