{"id":1947,"date":"2018-06-01T15:19:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T14:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:47:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T14:47:08","slug":"visit-to-ramster-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=1947","title":{"rendered":"Visit to Ramster Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1947 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=1973'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Handkerchief-tree-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Handkerchief-tree-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Handkerchief-tree-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1973'>\n\t\t\t\tHandkerchief tree\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=1969'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cynthia-and-Rosemary-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cynthia-and-Rosemary-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cynthia-and-Rosemary-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1969'>\n\t\t\t\tCynthia and Rosemary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>(<em>Click on photos to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The destination for our May visit, Ramster Garden near Chiddingfold, kept open especially for our early evening visit, proved a delight to walk around, with its many areas and vistas, nearly always against a background of different coloured rhododendrons and azaleas.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1947 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=1967'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Carved-from-Douglas-Fir-using-hacksaw-only-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Carved-from-Douglas-Fir-using-hacksaw-only-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Carved-from-Douglas-Fir-using-hacksaw-only-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1967'>\n\t\t\t\tCarved from Douglas Fir, using hacksaw only\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=1965'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Birds-eye-view-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Birds-eye-view-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Birds-eye-view-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1965'>\n\t\t\t\tBird&#8217;s eye view\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Japanese influence was evident from the bamboo clumps, the snowball hydrangea and the (very) prickly castor oil tree, the cranes sculpture in the ponds, and the Japanese Bridge, and was a speciality of Gauntletts, the nurseries who designed the original garden for Sir Henry Waechter in 1900. <a href=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=1975\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1975 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Prickly-Castor-Oil-Tree-Kalopanax-septemlobus-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although quite compact, the different sections, including wild flower areas with numerous spotted orchids, the ponds, the bog garden with its spectacular flowering guneras and the (steep) woodland walk \u00a0gave the impression of a much larger garden.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-1947 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=1971'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Giant-Gunnera-in-flower-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Giant-Gunnera-in-flower-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Giant-Gunnera-in-flower-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1971'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Gunnera in flower\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=1963'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Snowball-Hydrangea-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Snowball-Hydrangea-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Snowball-Hydrangea-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1963'>\n\t\t\t\tSnowball Hydrangea\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The photo gallery on the Ramster website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ramsterevents.com\">www.ramsterevents.com<\/a> is well worth viewing. The garden is open to the public in Spring (until 10<sup>th<\/sup> June) and Autumn only, with a Tea House and Plant Sales near the entrance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Click on photos to enlarge) The destination for our May visit, Ramster Garden near Chiddingfold, kept open especially for our early evening visit, proved a delight to walk around, with its many areas and vistas, nearly always against a background of different coloured rhododendrons and azaleas. The Japanese influence was evident from the bamboo clumps, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=1947\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Visit to Ramster Garden<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grayshott-gardeners-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}