The Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park

On the rare sunshiny, warm days in England, you drop everything and get your butt outdoors! And that's exactly what we did on a recent Saturday afternoon trip to the Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park! 

Landscape View

It is on land owned by a family who runs a nursery. They started the garden as a way to showcase all of their many plants, trees, and flowers that can be purchased at their nursery. I think now the entrance fee probably make up half of their income! 

A carpet of flowers

Bluebells

A fuchsia variety?

Gorgeous flowers were everywhere you looked. And tucked in flower beds, lakes, and fields were many sculptures by Yorkshire artists. 

Kinetic sculpture in the lake

Faux stone circle

Water lilly sculpture

Water feature and conical sculpture

It was such a warm and relaxing day, we walked, basked in the sun, and took photos for several hours.

Relaxing in the sun - photo by our friend Brian

The garden is open for several weeks each season, in which they show off the best the season has to offer. We were there at the tail end of their spring season, and they were very proud of their rhododendrons, which I believe are the flowers in the photos below. Those of you who are flower people out there can tell me if I am correct or not! 

A type of rhododendron?

Another type of rhododendron?

It was, all in all, a very lovely day!