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REVIEW:
QUEEN
MOTHER'S
ROSE
GARDEN
AND
SHRUB
ROSE
GARDEN.
AUGUST
UPDATE-
THE
HOT
GARDEN.
PLUS
GLOW
2023
I
read
the
other
day
that
this
is,
a
good
year
for
roses,
the
reason
being
that
rose
aphids
have
had
a
bad
time,
so
I
grabbed
my
camera
gear
and
headed
for
Rosemoor.
Both
gardens
as
you
may
have
guessed
are
formal
gardens,
but
I
have
always
been
just
as
happy
with
formal
is
informal
gardens.
Both
gardens
are
fantastic,
the
Queen
Mothers
garden
has
some
beautiful
white
climbers
and
the
Shrub
garden
uses
ropes
to
trail
the
climbing
roses.
Rosemoor
has
a
great
team
of
guys
and
girls
who
inform
me
that
there
are
over
2000
roses
in
these
gardens,
having
spent
time
photographing
them
I
have
no
reason
to
doubt
this.
"Less
is
more",
if
you
want
to
take
your
photography
forward,
if
you
find
a
part
of
the
garden
you
really
like
allocate
time
to
shoot,
stick
with
it.
This
will
give
much
better
results
than
trying
to
cover
everything.
In
summary
both
of
these
gardens
are
vibrant,
rich
and
spectacularly
beautiful.
THE
HOT
GARDEN.
I
am
very
grateful
to
two
previous
reviewers
"NIci"
(September
21)
and
"Rob
Hobbs"
(August
21)
who
have
prompted
me
to
visit
the
hot
garden.
Do
check
out
their
reviews,
superb
images
from
both
of
them,
very
well
done
and
thank
you.
This
garden
is
pure
colour
sensory
overload,
superb,
it
is
an
extraordinary
garden.
For
the
first
time
I
visited
the
"Glow"
evening.
Talking
to
the
gardeners
and
staff
they
seemed
quite
modest
about
the
display
but
it
was
superb.
A
huge
display
on
the
main
lawn,
individual
garden
sections
were
illuminated
and
the
lake
was
fantastic.
For
me
though
the
woodland
walk
was
extraordinary
the
RHS
team
illumined
the
whole
wood
to
the
West
of
the
garden
(approx
4
acres).
A
superb
and
breath
taking
display.
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