Another garden outing

A few days ago we went to Hinton Ampner gardens, not far from us.  The weather was sunny, and despite a bitter wind, the gardens are mostly sheltered enough to make it a hot day.  Our timing was certainly perfect for the tulips.  I don't think I have ever seen such a consistent mass of unblemished formal plantings of tulips.

There was an easter egg hunt on, and there were many folk there when we arrived just a few minutes after opening, but we were able to enjoy walks in quieter parts.  As we left, however, past the glorious old oak (number 16 on the map of the ancient tree trail here) we could see that the place was filling up rapidly.

When we arrived home we found a delightful surprise bunch of flowers in the post.