Friday 28 October 2011

Halloween................................................................. Pumpkins at Tatton

My visit to Tatton Park last weekend was lovely.
 Watching deer roaming the parkland and visiting the wonderful gardens.
All so lovely to see... but Tatton Park had a few surprises up it's sleeve.

 Halloween is close but did you know.... Pumpkins grow on trees.
No?... well they do in Cheshire.
 This tree was full of them ripe and ready for picking.
You never know what you may stumble upon wandering around these beautiful old gardens.
The kitchen gardens at Tatton are massive.
This is just a small section of the greenhouse.

Even the orchards are within the walls to protect the trees from the wind.
The pumkins and marrows made a lovely display.
 looked after by a couple of musicians...
... and a drunk!
If you have two apples... does that make a pear?

Enjoy your weekend.

17 comments:

Chatty Crone said...

Cute joke and lovely gardens. sandie

Wenche said...

Spooky and ready for Halloween ;0)

Unknown said...

Funny post Andrew!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

Bob Bushell said...

Tatton Park looks good and funny, I love your photos.

Magia da Inês said...

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Fábio Martins said...

Very nice space with that all stuffs.

TexWisGirl said...

i'm not big into decorating or having scarecrows, etc., but that pumpkin tree was pretty darn cool. :)

Louisette said...

Wonderfull garden,best regard from Belgium

Light and Voices said...

Happy Halloween! Pumpkins grow on trees....oh me, oh my....me thinks you are pulling my leg.
Joyce M

Read and Buy said...

lovely... very innovative

ADRIAN said...

Another grand set of pictures. Looks as if it will be fun.

Art said...

Brilliant .... This is exciting!
I love it!

Happy Halloween!

cieldequimper said...

Wonderful! I wish we had some kind of autumn decoration in France...

hannah said...

What fun: a pumpkin tree.
Thank you so much for our visit to Tatton. I always crave going there, but it is simply too far.

Unknown said...

I would love to visit these gardens. Suddenly, Kew came to my mind.

Red Nomad OZ said...

Whoever dreamed up the pumpkins in trees deserves to be an honorary Aussie!!

Yes, that IS a compliment ...

Pat said...

Lovely gardens! I love the pumpkins in trees.