Cestyll Gardens

link: panoramic images taken in the Cestyll Gardens
http://www.photosbykev.com/wordpress/2008/05/25/cestyll-garden-anglesey/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/gardening/pages/cestyll_garden.shtml
Discover the natural beauty of Cestyll Garden, hidden away on the North Anglesey Coast. Cestyll Garden was once home to the Hon. Violet Vivian who transformed the land into a home for some beautiful and interesting plant species. To think that Violet Vivian lived off what would have been a rugged coatline between Cemaes and Cemlyn Bay in 1918, is quite amazing. The energy and vision to transform this piece of land was quite something.

Cestyll House was originally gifted to Violet Vivian in 1918 by her uncle, the Hon. William Walter Vivian of Glyn Bangor. And she began to develop this site in 1922, incorporating the Cafnan River as it flows into the sea, into the ambitious design. At a later stage a fir tree plantation was added so as to break the strong wind. Our visit certainly provided sure proof of the effectiveness of this wind break, with a stiff northerly coming in off the sea.

Here your senses will be stimulated by the interesting variety of plants that are at their best in late May. The white rhodedendrons, the Japanese Maple, yellow Witch Hazel, pink Camellias, Azeleas and Clematis. To the south west, near the Princess Victoria's garden you will see Dogwood, Spruce and Beech trees. Walk down the slope and parallel with the Cafnan River and you will see Pine trees offering good shelter above the western escarpment. Sadly, in 1991 Cestyll House was demolished, the view taken that it had deteriorated so much. However, there is still an old water mill, owned by The National Trust, on the site and the machinery is still in good condition.

By the the way the fish don,t live there they belong to my sister pond, I had filmed them the same day so I used the film.

Music is "Ivy and Neet" from the album Filigree, by This Mortal Coil by Ivo Watts-Russell. he was the founder of 4AD Label who used his signed recording artist like the Couteau twins. for his projects

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[SiggyStern]

This is a place where I would love to wonder around!

[jimsim3]

@SiggyStern

yes! it one of my favrite places. But it only open one day a year. you would believe it but there a huge magnox reactor not for from it. I don,t care thou, as long as there garden is sill there..

[perla51]

Simply marvellous!!!!!!!! Perla.

[jimsim3]

@perla51 cheers

[Davrms92]

Beautiful gardens !! .. Does this song have a title ?!?

[jimsim3]

@Davrms92 Its called "Ivy and Neet" from the album Filigree, by This Mortal Coil by Ivo Watts-Russell. he was the founder of 4AD Label who used his signed recording artist like the Couteau twins. for his projects, thx 4 the comment. youtube them.

[musikpsyche]

beautiful absolutely beautiful

nice pics from a nice Gardens

greetings

[creativeforce11]

Beautiful - thank you for the upload

Blessings

[kathmandau]

beautiful.

Thank you.

Thumbs up.

CG

[Davrms92]

Thank you !