Visiting National Trust gardens

How lucky we are that once we have paid the annual membership we can visit National Trust gardens as many times as we want. It gives a source of inspiration as we take photographs and create new beds in our own garden. How dedicated their gardeners are whether they are voluntary or paid! Now some are creating winter gardens from available areas and so we are not confined to certain months of the year. We can pick out these, visit and include them also in forthcoming visits. Never mind the weather! There is always the cafe to shelter in at times of blizzards and we have been in those at certain gardens in past years. Yes, we are indeed lucky.