Friday, 22 April 2011

The Great Dell

Queenly sequoia in The Great Dell

The more traditional part of the gardens
Visitors can easily miss The Great Dell during their explorations of Bath's Botanical Gardens, but it's one of my favourite spots. A little bit shady, a little bit damp, with dangerous muddy paths, the dell is the Prince Harry of the Royal gardens. Look up, look way up, at the grand sequoias holding court - it will give a tiny taste of life on the west coast of North America. I visit when I'm homesick and imagine I'm in a British Columbian forest.

Not the grimiest part of Bath, but an overlooked treasure.

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