There’s nothing quite like visiting a garden during the summer and wandering among colourful blooms and lush greenery on a sunny day.
A well-designed garden can capture your imagination and transport you to a different place. Located in the Lake District near to Penrith is perhaps one of the UK’s more unusual gardens which offers a rather different experience.
At Lowther Castle and Gardens, flowers and shrubs grow around the remains of the castle, in a scene which could be straight from a fairy-tale or the film Edward Scissorhands.
Walking around the 130-acre estate it may feel as if the castle and the gardens had always been that way, but they’ve only recently been restored following a turbulent history.
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