The Hospital of St Cross, Winchester; tranquility in troubled times скачать в хорошем качестве

The Hospital of St Cross, Winchester; tranquility in troubled times

The Medieval Hospital of St Cross nestles in water meadows beside the River Itchen and is one of England's oldest almshouses. The tranquil, walled Master's Garden, created in the late 17th century by Bishop Compton, now contains colourful herbaceous borders, old fashioned roses, interesting trees and a large fish pond while the Compton Garden has unusual plants of the type he imported when Bishop of London. Find out more: https://ngs.org.uk/the-hospital-of-st... __________________ The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,000 exceptional private gardens in England and Wales, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities. During the lockdown of 2020 our ever resourceful garden owners created films of their gardens so we could keep the garden gates open online. Find out more: https://www.ngs.org.uk Follow us on Facebook:   / nationalgardenscheme   Follow us on Instagram:   / nationalgardenscheme   Follow us on Twitter:   / ngsopengardens   Sign up to our newsletter: https://ngs.org.uk/sign-up/