CALKE ABBEY - Gardens - Derbyshire

We paid a visit to Calke Abbey Gardens, which is not far away from us.
It is a National Trust owned property and the main building is also open to the public.
But we just visited the gardens, which were really nice again this year.
The combination of Helicrysum and Heliotrope together is spectacular.
The Silver leaves and the Purple flowers work very well indeed.
The Heliotrope is also known as "Cherry Pie", as its scent does actually resemble it!
Away from the main flower garden are the organic vegetable and fruit gardens, which are also well worthy of a visit.   The pumpkin patch and archway with its climbing squashes are quite inspiring. They grow some very good produce there and the fruit trees were loaded!
The old gardeners storage buildings were interesting too, with the drawers for the seeds and old tools too. Very much a time warp is Calke Abbey, same as the main building interior.
But I can recommend these gardens for a visit.

Very peaceful and there is also a Deer park very close by , where we saw stags and fallow deer grazing in the fields. Picnic area, National Trust shop and Tea Room also in the grounds.