Every year we get along to Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey to enjoy their Art in the Garden.  See our full set of photos in our gallery.
Sadly, we were disappointed with the 2008 event; There just weren’t many art installations; and those we saw were either on the same theme as last year or [...]

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Although the weather has cool down to about 16C, its still fine enough for a trip to a garden on the southern edge of the New Forest: Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway. It was about a 50 minute drive, heading south of Whitchurch. The admission was about £7.50 per adult. Kids under 3 [...]

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We headed over to the Longstock Park Water Garden in Leckford after a busy morning (again) of football practice [Tosha kept busy by running around the huge field] {I don’t know why I like using different kinds of brackets for these asides}.
The water garden is owned and managed by Waitrose, of the grocery fame (in [...]

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About The Place…
The Vyne is a National Trust property just to the north of Basingstoke.
It has a mansion to tour and a good sized garden to explore, including a footpath into the surrounding countryside.
References

National Trust website page about The Vyne
Our first visit to [...]

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About The Place…
The Beaulieu Motor Museum is more than just a motor museum. There’s also a walled garden, a palace house and an Abbey ruins. Alongside the ruins is the active parish church. There is a beautiful footpath that runs [...]

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It was the first day of spring…and the daffodils at the All Hallows Church were in full bloom. The bunnies were quite active too! More photos are in our gallery.

The construction of the new housing development, Park View, on the other side of the old railway line is well underway.

The newly [...]

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What a wonderful day for a trip to the National Trust’s Montisfont Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey, Hampshire. The kids loved to splash in the freezing cold stream from the font and watch their dropped sticks float down and over the waterfalls.
Update: see the page we wrote about Mottisfont Abbey

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We headed to Hillier Gardens in Romsey to enjoy the nice weather and explore these great gardens. Our last visit was a year ago, wow!
Many of the sculptures for the “Art In The Garden 2007″ show were already in place (it officially opens next weekend). What a treat!
The favourite sculpture by far was [...]

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