It was a very cold and windy day yesterday for our visit to Coombe Cottage, the home of Dame Nellie Melba. http://thedesignfiles.net/2015/12/coombe-estate-the-garden-of-dame-nellie-melba/
We did manage a walk around the garden, but the chilly wind soon sent us indoors.
As the original house that Dame Melba lived in is still used by the family, her great grandsons, the Lords Vestey, we were unable to see inside, but I thought these 'peacock' chairs on the porch and bought by Dame Nellie were fantastic!
Not far from the chairs is a huge and over a century old oak tree the branches of which spread over 25 metres. To help support such a length of branch, gardeners have spliced one branch onto another as a brace. You can see the smaller branch coming off the trunk and growing across to the left and joining onto a lower and heavier branch. Very clever!
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