Savill Garden

After a rather long day yesterday we decided to keep to our local area today. On our doorstep, no more than 10 minutes' drive, is the beautiful Savill Garden. We were keen to make the most of this great weather and spend as much time outdoors as possible.

The garden was established by Sir Eric Savill in 1932 with permission from George V. The aim was to create a garden befitting the grandeur of Windsor Great Park. The current Keeper of the Garden also oversees the Frogmore estate, the Valley Gardens (woodland sister to Savill) and over 200 more hectares of woodland within the Great Park.

The new visitors centre is due to open on 27th June and is quite impressive even in it's latter stage of construction. The roofline is certainly unique! To me it looks like a looooong Australian gumleaf!

The gardens are divided into many areas, including summer wood, spring wood, Golden Jubilee Garden, herbaceous borders, bog garden and rose garden. Many pockets but all blending into the next to create a stunning effect. James particularly liked the mother duck and 8 ducklings on the pond. He also enjoyed being a steam train on the paths, and the fountain in the Golden Jubilee garden.

We did a loop and headed back to the cafe for lunch. James fell asleep in the car very shortly after!

In the afternoon Martin and James re-visited the Great Park; wandering through the oak woods and arriving back at the Copper Horse with its vantage down the Long Walk to Windsor Castle. Our photos are here.