So it may sound weird to some people, but it’s common in UK for people to hang out at the garden center – especially on Sunday afternoons.
The one we went to was called Evesham Country Park which contained Evesham Garden Center and the delicious AppleBarn Restaurant.
In basic terms a Garden Center is a place that sells plants and things to go in your garden like statues, pagodas and so on. Generally however they also contain decent restaurants, usually some kind of factory outlet and a few other shops.
And of course because it’s Sunday we had to have the traditional Sunday Roast Dinner! In this case and in most pubs on a Sunday something called ‘Carvery’ is served. Basically there are fresh joints of roast meet (usually pork, lamb and beef) and a mixture of vegetables and side dishes (stuffing, carrots, peas, sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower cheese and so on). And you choose which meat and veg you want, add some gravy and sauce (apple sauce for pork, horseradish sauce for beef and so on) and off you go!
The delicious roast beef with yorkshire pudding, cauliflower cheese and the full works.
And even better, roast pork! Salty and delicious with a big dollop of apple sauce and a lump of crackling.
It was absolutely fantastic! Carvery is not cheap though, but not too expensive either at about £9-11 per plate depending which meat you choose, yes that is RM60-70 but in economic terms it’s about RM30 if you are earning in pounds so it’s not too bad.
It was actually a pretty nice day so we had a walk around the garden center, this is basically what it looks like. It’s a very relaxing place just to hang out and mooch around checking out the flowers.
So here are some of my favourite flower shots of the day.
There are a lot of huge honey bees in UK, they are really rather cute.
Colours everywhere.
Burst of yellow.
Sea of white.
This is probably my favourite shot.
A young English Rose just coming into flower.
Climbing Blue.
There’s some scary looking figures too like this.
And they sell all kinds of other stuff too like garden furniture and even outdoor jacuzzis! Yum..plus of course pots to put the plants in, lots and lots of pots!
It’s pretty hard taking flower shots in UK because it’s bloody windy!
After the Garden Center we headed over to Broadway, a quaint little town – more on that soon.
You can find all the posts on my UK trip:
I’ll hang out in that garden all day long. Macro! Macro! Food! Food! 🙂
Dude, you gotta stop with the food shots lah! Damn unfair.
By the way, how does Sungai Buloh’s nurseries compare to the garden center? Heh.
lovely colorful (photogenic) bees. i haven’t seen nicely colored bees like that in any of the gardens here.
The first time I saw honey bees and lavender (which was in Sweden) I squealed like a piglet and started crouching on the ground to get a shot. Only thing was, it was at the edge of a golf course, and there were lots of people everywhere, and they sure did look at me funny. 😛
Nicholas Leong: Yah, nice environment eh?
Ranga: Sorry is evil 🙂 Well…I guess you can see the difference haha.
steph: Yeah beautiful bees!
whimsicaljottings: Haha I’m sure you did get some funny looks.
give me that dish, NOW!
oh gawd i miss sunday roast and simply lying down in Hyde Park 🙁
Can’t stop thinking about English food T_T
Sea of white is really nice but I gotta say the purple flowers with that striking yellow-orange bee is just awesome.
Ever got stung by one of those? They look pretty dangerous 😡
I think of war when I read of Evesham…
great to start off your day with lots and lots of meat aye? LOL! love the flower pictures. 😀 simply lovely~ or maybe it’s the girl within me. 😛
WOW the white flowers! they’re so pretty.
Being allergic to bees I think they are evil. lol
But I like them better than wasps (which I’m not allergic to … I don’t think). 🙂
Roast potatoes are one of my all time fav. foods! 🙂
Oh, so that’s where the carvery lunch comes from. I’ve been to a similar concept restaurant in Kuching, but not in a garden.
ST, is that pie looking thing in Pix #2 Yorkshire Pudding?
Those bees are super cute! So furry!
Hello ST, first time commenting here.
love the purple flowers/ ur fav pic of the flowers ST , nice one !
wan link u
KY: Hahah, Jom UK!
moons: Yah I have, it does hurt…but it’s pretty rare because if a Bee stings you it dies unlike a wasp which can sting on and on.
Suertes: There’s some really great sites in Worcester too with stuff about the Civil War. There were a lot of key battles in that area.
yahui: Thanks! Yeah would love some breakfast like that in Malaysia.
CindyC: Thanks!
Dabido: Yah bees are generally quite harmless, especially the kind in the pics above. I love roast potatoes too…yum.
Huai Bin: Ah cool, yes that’s a Yorkshire Pudding.
cc: Hi cc, do come and comment again!
chee hong: Thanks, I love that one too.
wingspoon: Er ok.