Bus Challenge No 94!!

The Mount Vernon Garden, The American Museum, Bath

“Located in an area of outstanding natural beauty, the hilltop site of the Museum’s home, Claverton Manor, takes full advantage of the spectacular views over the Limpley Stoke Valley and River Avon. The grounds total some 125 acres, of which 35 are open to visitors. The parkland, with its majestic old cedars, provides a circular walk through ancient meadows… Remnants of the old Italianate style manorial pleasure gardens and parkland, dating from the 1820s, can be seen within the grounds, including period features such as the grotto…

A highlight of the gardens is the Mount Vernon Garden. In 1785, when George Washington was enlarging the garden of Mount Vernon his home on the Potomac River, Virginia, the Fairfaxes of Writhlington, near Bath, sent him plants, seeds and a farmer.

The flower garden at the American Museum, is similar in size to its American counterpart. It includes the white picket fence, box hedges, rose bushes and seed house – in which George Washington taught his stepchildren.” The American Museum In Britain

A beautiful day, blue skies, sunshine and 24 degrees. My perfect temperature! So a bus into Bath, then a short hop on the museum’s shuttle bus up into the hills above the city, to the American Museum. I’ve visited the museum several times before, but always in Winter, so I’ve never visited the gardens or parkland. Today was the perfect weather for spending a couple of leisurely hours exploring the museum’s grounds, picnicking on that shady bench in the Mount Vernon Garden, enjoying the wonderful views over the Limpley Stoke Valley, and sampling the museums authentic and freshly baked Chocolate Brownies!

(I’ve added an extra showing some of my favourite photos from the 120 I took today!!)

Total bus journey times = 1 hr 20 mins
Total waiting in between buses time = 15 mins
Total journey time = 1 hr 35 mins