More garden snooping: Chiswick Mall open gardens.

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Chiswick Mall is one of the most beautiful, hidden bits of residential London, with The Thames on one side (most of the gardens have a riverside section) and the M4 on the other. Many of the houses were built in the 1700s and the area and some of the named houses appear in the book Vanity Fair. Needless to say, many of them, being large, are stonkingly expensive. So when, once a year, a few of them open up their gardens to the public, many locals visit to have a good old nose at such historic and valuable properties, us included.

The gardens are amazing, full of ancient trees, fabulous borders against old, tall brick walls, wonderful planting and inspiring ideas. The gardeners often have seedlings and small plants for sale (many of the plants in my garden came originally from here) and are happy to chat and identify what they've grown. below are highlights, if you are a gardener or nosy house person (like us) mark the last may Bank Holiday in your diary for next year and head along. 

Comments

[Min]

You made me feel nostalgic and a little homesick. I used to run past these houses on Saturday and Sunday mornings when I lived in Chiswick (still have a house there but it's rented out - I currently live in Singapore). Such lovely British gardens.

Thanks for sharing.

[amanda]

Ah Min, glad we stirred a little emotion for you in sunny Singapore! The gardens looked pretty gorgeous yesterday due to the great spring we've had, the plants think it's July Ax

[Mike]

The gardens are really nice. All that is needed is Security cameras placed in the gardens to guard against some one messing with it. we have spy cams that look like large stones and are wireless and will work for a year on one battery. Go to http://www.spycamsrus.com and look over the list.

[Belstaff Jackets]

For any folks invested in more and better resident contribution, that is a knock back, i believe. But strangely enough, the newest one-pager Can involve many responsibilities around consultation.

[wma to mp3]

These are such lovely photos, I find them elegant and exquisite. Thank you so much for this post, I truly enjoyed reading it.