The Valley Gardeners' trips of 2014 started with a visit to Marylyn Abbott's garden at West Green House in April. 

Our May visit was to Cliveden in Berkshire.

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The Water garden
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Fountain of Love

Early June saw us at Dean House Kilmeston, a "sliver of Eden" in the Hampshire countryside.
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The incredible wisteria and laburnum tunnel, under planted with allium.

For the Valley Gardeners' biannual holiday in mid June, we headed down to Kent, "the garden of England". We visited 8 gardens, Titsey Park, Great Comp, Great Dixter, Merriments, Pashley Manor, Goodnestone Park, Belmont and Godington Park.  Here are  some images of those wonderful gardens.

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Titsey Park gardens
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Great Comp

Below are several images of the incomparable Great Dixter.

Pashley Manor had a collection of unusual sculpture as well as a stunning garden

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Pashley Manor rose garden
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Goodnestone Park walled garden and church