Fougères, toujours les fougères.

Our first port of call on my recent garden tour with 23 members of the Hardy Plant Society, Mid-Atlantic Group, was at Pear Tree Cottage, in Burton-in-Kendal. The owner is the editor of the journal of the British Pteridological Society, surprise, surprise!

After a run up the M6 from Manchester Airport we walked up through the village to this beautiful small garden, enjoyed by all, but I couldn't help noticing this lovely fern decoration, cut from a sheet of steel! Rather different, I thought!