It's a place we've visited many times as it's a pleasant place to break a journey from Derby to mid/west Wales, with cafes and a variety of walks around the estate. On this occasion we didn't have a lot of time before closing, especially as the first thing we did was have some late lunch, so we headed directly to the walled garden.
This was formerly a kitchen garden, and is still in part, but the wonderful flower borders which divide it are the main attraction now.
At the centre is a circular grassed area encompassed by two beds of pale flowers - foxgloves, peonies - with spots of bright colour from poppies.
And, best bit of all, a path leads between the two circles is a path so you can really walk among the flowers.
It's a rather lovely, romantic flower mix that I feel I was lucky enough to catch at its best.
A gateway leads to a second walled garden with a greater amount of practical vegetables, greenhouses and cold frames, which my husband wandered around while I sat and rested by the flower border.
All too soon though the property was closing and the gardener locking the gates to the garden.
Time to head back to the courtyard entrance, then home.
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