East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden. Pictures of Gardens.

In the same way that some pieces of poetry, writing or a work of art becomes a favourite and lives on in the memory long after the first time you discover it; for plant and garden enthusiasts gardens can have the same effect. For me East Ruston Old Vicarage is one of those gardens, the memory of my visit to this garden which I last visited in the summer of 2009 are still vibrant and rightly so when you see the pictures here.

What makes East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden special? I think it maybe it is the skill with which it has been planned and put together, the selection of plants and the way they are put together and displayed.

Really if I am allowed to define it in a poetic way - then it is the magic/alchemy that happens when someone with inspiration creates a work of art with plants,flowers and structures but knows how to put them together in a way that is few can achieve. How and why it all works so well is a puzzle to someone like me, and that too is part of the delight in visiting and discovering such a beautiful garden. One can only hope that the magic of the place rubs off onto the people who visit it and inspires them to create a beautiful garden of their own.

Here are the pictures I photographed on my visit to East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens in June of the summer of 2009. Above each photo is the reason that I took it or the feature that I liked about its subject.

I love the way the doorway is used to frame the view from this spot of the garden. I was especially lucky with the lighting on this day as it enabled me to capture the contrast between the bright sunlight in the garden surrounded by the dark frame of the doorway.

In the first picture above this.

This is the view from one of the 'openings' cut into the hedge to frame and create a distant view of the Happisburgh Lighthouse.

Second picture.

The pathway on the other side the door way pictured above.

The first link here (above) is to a page with more of my photos of East Ruston Old Vicarage Garden.

The second is some of my cottage garden flowers.

There is a link to the Old Vicarage Garden web-site.

There is also a link for a very well put together video of the gardens.