It's impressive to see a castle, but the
grounds around the castle are no less impressive. The Italian
gardens, closest to the castle have wonderful details - stone statues,
stone walk ways, and stone arch ways. The features are well
maintained (the daffodils were just past their prime when we came), but
there isn't much variety at this time of the year.
Further down the hill is large Japanese
garden. Maintenance is starting to suffer (skunk cabbage was pushing
up next to the creek), but there is much more variety. Still to
early in the season for the rose garden and the ponds need a good
cleaning, but the paths and blossoming trees were again a treat.
Rhododenrums were just starting to come up and in another few weeks
there will be walls of color around the pond.
