NGS open day - Ditton Manor Datchet

First built before 1066, Ditton Manor  in Datchet near Slough sits in a huge acreage, and since 1997 the whole estate has been own by Computer Associates, a software company (CA). The house, on a moated island is  used for weddings, and the grounds are not normally open to the public.

The garden were beautifully kept and an ideal wedding or event location.

The front views, with circular pond set into the lawn area.

Margaret Finch and daughter Rachael selling some of
their home produce.

The clock tower building is where the cakes and teas were served...... very important!

A mirror image of the clock tower building is opposite.

A row of Hornbeam hedging with bare stems add backdrop to the
herbaceous borders.

A very happy Thalictrum Aquilegafolium

The side elevation. 

Ahhhhh. Lots of signets in the moat

Swathes of Echinacea purpurea

The  contemporary building is the tea shop, also a lecture room

Bee doing the back stroke, with another coming in to land on the Cosmos

Wasp on Helenium. The insects do love these coneflowers