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Coach trip with Gardeners' Forum on 21st June 2017

Some pictures taken in our garden the day before going on the trip, the roses and the poppy were over by the time we got home	The Pilgrim	Graham Thomas	Hardy Hippeastrum
Eryngium giganteum	Papaver orientalis 'Turkish Delight'	Arisaema tortuosum - some at Hillier's too	Arisaema candidissima
There were many varied sculptures around the gardens, they diverted our attention from the plants. It was a very warm day with temperatures over 30°C. Sunhats, umbrellas, drinks and Jude's ice-creams helped out.
gpsfrom the camera below showing where the pictures were taken
	Salmon	Canal
Sycamore seeds	Giant Pine Cone by Tom Hare		'The Girls' - Roosting hens by Tony Smither
Woowoo By Stan Jankowski	'Sitting Vixen' by Tony Smither the Potentilla was flowering very well in the shade	Molluscs	Doug (Rook on a fork) by Michael Kusz http://www.graculus.co.uk/
Smoke bush & hemerocallis	Close up	Lovebat by Michael Kusz	Eucalypt with pink blush
Verbascums	With poppies	Pheasant by Emily Stone	Eucalypt with pink blush
Cornus kousa chinensis	Cornus with pink edges		Duck house
Fighting stags	Mostly green	Summer house	Campanula lactiflora
Dragonfly	School party behind the bamboos		Who needs flowers?
Landing heron	Yellow hoses in use	From sea to shore by Lynn Warren	Tall dainty plant - gomphostigma virgatum a buddleja relative
Thought Provoking by Lynn Warren	Ikebana 20 by Ian Marlow MRBS		Heron by Paul Harvey The top one could be a penguin
Guinea Fowl by Paul Harvey	Barn Owl by Paul Harvey	Dianthus	Heron by Paul Harvey The top one could be a penguin
A face in the crowd by Adrian Gray	Sir Harold Hillier	Dragonfly	Romneya coulteri
Possibly a little owl without a beak	Jermyns	Stag	Arabian Mare and Foal by Jane Foddy
We had lunch in the Restaurant, enjoyed the Plant Centre then returned to the coach for the trip to Hardy's. Rosy talked to us about the way plants were propagated and grown on. There was a splendid machine to fill plant pots with compost ready for a person to put in the plug of plant material. Plant material for the shows was kept under natural conditions to be brought out through the season as needed. I bought a purple Actea, this is really the last time that I am trying this... and some dark red penstemons The journey home was a bit trying for the driver, but it was a good well-organised trip and we enjoyed it.

Woowoo By Stan Jankowski