Great Gardens of England

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  • the Gardens at Hidcote Manor, Mottisfont Abbey, Sissinghurst Castle
    With a cameo appearance by Nigel Nicolson
    Why did American-born Major Lawrence Johnston spend much of his lifetime creating a storied garden in a remote part of the Cotswolds? What is Graham Stuart Thomas's glorious collection of antique roses doing in a medieval English Abbey? What persuaded author, poet and plantswoman Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson to buy a derelict ruin on the edge of the Kentish Weald to create their fabled garden? Their son, Nigel Nicolson, reminisces about this most beloved of gardens and his now legendary parents.
    An extensive tour of each garden examines design, plantings, close-up details, and observations by gardeners. An hour of sheer enjoyment, beauty, and an excellent source of inspiration for those with a love for gardens.

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  • @nadia-i1l5h
    @nadia-i1l5h 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    2024 and I’m still mesmerized by this gem so lovingly put together and narrated

  • @MDkid1
    @MDkid1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've been watching this documentary now for a few years, I have accumulated many books on the garden and the lives of Vita, Harold and Nigel. I would like to commend Nigel for propagating the memory of this famous garden created by his parents all those many years ago. We owe him a deep credit that thanks to his books and these interviews, Sissinghurst lives on!

  • @bettinarossi7908
    @bettinarossi7908 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So lovely Exquisite gardens.🌹🐝🌲

  • @ammorales1524
    @ammorales1524 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just looking at these beautiful and wondrous gardens allows one’s eyes and soul savor their essence and inspire the beholder to create gardens of their own albeit in a miniature replica.

  • @MDkid1
    @MDkid1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love absolutely everything about this lovely, quaint documentary. Thanks for sharing!

  • @dobledore
    @dobledore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was incredible and a gentle massage for my mind after a long week!

  • @devikakaul1494
    @devikakaul1494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Gardening is a method of meditation 😍😍

  • @vak8333
    @vak8333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A lovely introduction to the gardens we hope to see on our May/June visit to England from the States - cannot wait, now knowing just which gardens to explore.

    • @ziriyab
      @ziriyab 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wishing you a special visit to England. I was at Sissinghurst yesterday....you simply must visit there; the cottage garden is simply breathtaking at the moment, even if the summer-flowering areas are not yet in bloom.

  • @tinakon4386
    @tinakon4386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    narrator was very pleasant to listen to. enjoyed this much, watched more than once👍

  • @BillHosko
    @BillHosko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nigel's stories and recollections were very good to hear. Enjoyable film. Thank you.

  • @jacobeksor6088
    @jacobeksor6088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am Montagnard jarai tribe live in USA 🇺🇸 love visit England to see this garden

  • @ritasrimustikasari
    @ritasrimustikasari ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you.

    • @ericwei3730
      @ericwei3730 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Rita, how are you doing today and your family merry Christmas to you my special new friend. I'm from china but I base in Texas.. where are you celebrate your special celebrate..

  • @patricianunez4025
    @patricianunez4025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Glorious, glorious, glorious!

  • @devikakaul1494
    @devikakaul1494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A good garden is God's Grace😍😍

  • @sanguinelynx
    @sanguinelynx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautiful gardens and the presenter has a very pleasant voice, well done.

  • @uilanikonagoodwin5735
    @uilanikonagoodwin5735 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wonderful! Thank you!

  • @ponyrang
    @ponyrang 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, Hello my friend.. All the best to your channel and hope you have a wonderful day !!!

  • @sanglee7037
    @sanglee7037 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely nice beautiful gardens . Thank you. 🌻

  • @FromNo19
    @FromNo19 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Perfect combination of beautiful visual, and information :-)

    • @grossersalat578
      @grossersalat578 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well the visual is quite distorted, however, I like the language :)

  • @nirvanapaulpaulunderhill
    @nirvanapaulpaulunderhill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beautiful thanks.

  • @myabarrie1666
    @myabarrie1666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely divine!

  • @GraftingTactick
    @GraftingTactick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish I could be there to witness this amazing beautiful English garden, love from Australia 😀👍

  • @reynajudithlopezmorales2787
    @reynajudithlopezmorales2787 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ¡Qué belleza de jardines!

  • @GrandmaSandy
    @GrandmaSandy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am new to your channel I just love English gardens thank you so much for all this awesome content on your channel

  • @wolfgangschwalm2299
    @wolfgangschwalm2299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you!

  • @jennylee1418
    @jennylee1418 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can't wait to see this in the autumn

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello how are you doing today?

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I met you woman under bridge you look like huda i don't know you you are wearing clothes like hader

  • @pppukkie1185
    @pppukkie1185 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love this

  • @elizabethblackwell6242
    @elizabethblackwell6242 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really informative programme. Thank you so much.

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I met you woman under bridge you look like huda i don't know you you are wearing clothes like hader

  • @sotterjoy6030
    @sotterjoy6030 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow nice garden friend

  • @blahblaah4474
    @blahblaah4474 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Nice to hear a pleasant, attractive English accent on one of these programmes. So many British programmes nowadays have hosts with absolutely appalling accents and grammar.

    • @MegaSheezy
      @MegaSheezy 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ww.

    • @TheCWMHALL
      @TheCWMHALL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Blah Blaah He has a very strange accent, he's not English !

    • @shekariyekotob
      @shekariyekotob 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      According to his website, he emigrated to Texas several decades ago from the UK, which accounts for the transatlantic colour in his otherwise clear, educated English accent.

    • @VCYT
      @VCYT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A home counties accent.

    • @pygiana16
      @pygiana16 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He doesn't sound English at all to me. I thought he was Canadian.

  • @barbararussell897
    @barbararussell897 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! Lovely

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Barbara

    • @barbararussell897
      @barbararussell897 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericsteven6632 Hi, who are you?

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I met you woman under bridge you look like huda i don't know you you are wearing clothes like hader

  • @KyrstOak
    @KyrstOak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:52 I completely agree. Roses are my favourite flower.

  • @familyrootsgardening2062
    @familyrootsgardening2062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We just started our channel.
    We can all learn something new.
    Thank you to everyone for fresh ideas and great information.
    Everyone should grow their own.
    Join our Garden Journey.

  • @victoriablakemanbordelon3297
    @victoriablakemanbordelon3297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved this!

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I met you woman under bridge you look like huda i don't know you you are wearing clothes like hader

  • @MrCelofc
    @MrCelofc 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sublime!

  • @gwenvanrensburg6830
    @gwenvanrensburg6830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wish to be back sooon..Gwen from Africa 🌸🌸

  • @ampaihom5158
    @ampaihom5158 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very beautiful

  • @lesliekendall5668
    @lesliekendall5668 ปีที่แล้ว

    Being in the US, I REALLY appreciated the maps.

  • @mgreentin1811
    @mgreentin1811 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Breathtakingly beautiful. Our UK cities & towns look & feel soulless without plants & trees, negatively framing people's minds. All Councils should encourage community public planting.🌼💚

  • @aestivalgirl
    @aestivalgirl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i used to set the tv to play Monty Don's gardening shows to sleep to his voice.

  • @day_dreamer_
    @day_dreamer_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If Nigel isn't the most classic Englishman character then I don't know anything....

  • @kevinjamesparr552
    @kevinjamesparr552 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Norah Lindsay had great effect on Hidcote make up

  • @kookkaika
    @kookkaika 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Garden are deautyful but I’m soo dizzy watching 😊

  • @aeyacastanares1034
    @aeyacastanares1034 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow...............

  • @tanyahanna6523
    @tanyahanna6523 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Garden prescription..England..the brothers Grimm..🧙...🧵📌

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I met you woman under bridge you look like huda i don't know you you are wearing clothes like hader

  • @hardwareclothwww.sebossfen6011
    @hardwareclothwww.sebossfen6011 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SEBOSS hardware cloth,1/2 opening ,19 GA, Hot dip galvanized after welding, double galvanized, strong and sturdy, delicate and beautiful, suitable as gopher wire, protect lawn/garden from all kinds of gopher.

  • @savedfaves
    @savedfaves 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A small pity the film was in a more square aspect ratio than the widescreen upload, which appears have been artificially stretched. My eye is attune to this kind of stuff, for me it takes from the viewing experience. Quick example: i.imgur.com/16xNPYQ.png (notice the image of the gardener on the left appears much more natural)

    • @mirjam79
      @mirjam79 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Big pitty!, I tried to watch it on my TV but I got dizzy and nauseous. Had to turn it off.

  • @marinaloulli3452
    @marinaloulli3452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A bit plummy but I love the gardens

    • @janheard3826
      @janheard3826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I absolutely love plummy English accents. Unfortunately it’s dying out in favour of the common chavvy accent.

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I met you woman under bridge you look like huda i don't know you you are wearing clothes like hader

    • @convinth
      @convinth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And what's wrong with "plummy" accents? No doubt yours sounds a bit off-putting to some.

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@convinth Gigi saw him without teeth

  • @janicemurphy4373
    @janicemurphy4373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think he has a beautiful speaking voice no matter where he comes from, I can understand it a little better than the english voice!!!

    • @janheard3826
      @janheard3826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He IS English

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello Janice

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi beauty

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I met you woman under bridge you look like huda i don't know you you are wearing clothes like hader

    • @convinth
      @convinth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ericsteven6632 Hi Eric, good to see that you're still around though I gather that you have one or two health problems.

  • @juliamarple3058
    @juliamarple3058 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    it is a shame that the picture is of such poor quality....?

  • @王淑華-r5p
    @王淑華-r5p 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    人類離不開大自然,善待大自然,大自然會給我們甜美的果實!

  • @kestrelmuse
    @kestrelmuse 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Have you noticed how overworked the adjective " great " is?? There are others in our language:: i.e., marvelous, fine, magnificent.

    • @nataliesugar2117
      @nataliesugar2117 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      kestrelmuse huh???

    • @janheard3826
      @janheard3826 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      kestrelmuse ....or in the case of the Americans absolutely everything is “awesome”.

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello how are you doing

  • @MonkeyBusinessMan
    @MonkeyBusinessMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What kind of hedge is that at 9 minutes in? And perhaps he says what it is at some point. If so I’ve missed it or couldn’t make it out. English is not my mother language so appreciate it if someone can help. Thanks

  • @pdruiz2005
    @pdruiz2005 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah, a documentary so crusty and old-fashioned you can set your pocket watch to it. LOL. It can be annoying at the times, but it has its charms as well.

  • @kerryjean2223
    @kerryjean2223 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had planned to change the way I pronounce penstemon but after hearing the way you pronounce foliage I shall not.

  • @yvonnequmi9425
    @yvonnequmi9425 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Johnston was born in Paris France

  • @sjjsgduejbxnxnndn4501
    @sjjsgduejbxnxnndn4501 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    E pe qe vajti zemra note ne pune

  • @nacht98
    @nacht98 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @lesliekendall5668
    @lesliekendall5668 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "unpretentious". 🤣

  • @DeanChapmanFPV
    @DeanChapmanFPV 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to rip all of these gardens with my drone 🤗

  • @holyquran2379
    @holyquran2379 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad the Messenger of Allah and Subhan Allah and Allah Is The Greatest and Glory be to Allah and Subhan Allah

    • @marvinc9994
      @marvinc9994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not in England, Mate !

    • @smoath
      @smoath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marvinc9994 well said

  • @paulahorton4316
    @paulahorton4316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice gardens and narration but lose the background music. It's annoying and distracting

    • @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862
      @tahaniahmedmahfouz2862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I met you woman under bridge you look like huda i don't know you you are wearing clothes like hader

  • @aliceingram4932
    @aliceingram4932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    V$#

  • @stevendoyle9199
    @stevendoyle9199 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Steven Doyle Fuchsia is pronounced "fooksia" not "fyewschia". If you are going to use latin please do it correctly.

    • @kathyyoung1774
      @kathyyoung1774 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steven Doyle We pronounce it fyewshia. To each his own.

  • @bobbsaunders
    @bobbsaunders 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That is a disguised accent, quite unnatural and not native British, trying too hard to sound authentic. The music also tries too hard. Handel is very formal, buttoned up music of the courts, while gardens are outdoors, free and easy and essentially romantic. Delius, or Vaughan Williams, even Butterworth would have been a better choice. Another sign of imposters, trying to be as British as possible and garner large quantities of US views.

    • @yaoliang1580
      @yaoliang1580 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes he did not speak very well and clear enough

    • @mandymiles5442
      @mandymiles5442 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is no such thing as a British accent.

    • @grace7701
      @grace7701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, how snobbish you sound.

    • @janheard3826
      @janheard3826 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mandy Miles I have a British accent, it’s not a regional one thank god, but it’s one spoken in southern England and the Home Counties (not Essex of course as that is full of ex-East Enders).

    • @janheard3826
      @janheard3826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have an aunt who speaks exactly the same. I can assure you she is native English.

  • @capecod50s
    @capecod50s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The music was delightful right from the beginning along with the birdseye view of gardens. The narrators soothing voice also sets the stage.

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello how are you doing today?

    • @capecod50s
      @capecod50s 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericsteven6632 Hi Eric, I am looking forward to a break in our unseasonably HOT 🥵 90 degree weather. I am responding to you on Friday 5/28/21 by Monday it is suppose to drop to 60 degrees with much needed rain. We are under a dry weather warning. I am slowly getting my small garden planted. This is always a joy.
      How are things going for you?

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@capecod50s Can we talk privately on hangout Or email me Ericsteven797@gmail.com

    • @robmarshall956
      @robmarshall956 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you guys married ?

    • @MDkid1
      @MDkid1 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love everything about this documentary as well, including the music, the narration and script. So quaint and beautiful, highbrow without appearing stuffy.

  • @helened6896
    @helened6896 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Magnificient! Thank you so kindly for sharing this wonderful tour. But the ads are a misery.

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello how are you doing today?

    • @ericwei3730
      @ericwei3730 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Helen, it's amazing sound, I only enjoy the sound, remember when am play piano at home. I base in Texas.but I come from china.... Merry Christmas to you Helen

  • @Fox1nDen
    @Fox1nDen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The white garden is amazing for moonlight. Once I designed a champagne pink garden with blue green foliage plants and grey foliage like artemis and dusty miller and lambs ears, only the palest pink florals allowed, for a similarly magical effect in the starlight and daylight alike. These gardens show what I think is the right use of money and time. I hope there are gardens in heaven. We have in any garden the picture of revival and continuance of beauty and peace we hope to inhabit in eternity.

    • @MDkid1
      @MDkid1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How lovely, you have a great way with words. You should write a gardening book.

    • @Fox1nDen
      @Fox1nDen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MDkid1 why, thank you. I hope to deserve your compliment. Many of my poems involve gardening and our healthy interactions with growing things. Waiting for a printer to get them into circulation.

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello pretty

    • @Fox1nDen
      @Fox1nDen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericsteven6632 Hey Eric. Nice of you to say that. Thanks.

    • @ericsteven6632
      @ericsteven6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're very welcome.
      Where are you from if I may ask?

  • @hernanruiz7004
    @hernanruiz7004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The love for life and Nature is in this Garden, God bless them, such a beautiful place for people to visit, greetings from U.S.A. 🇺🇸🙏🇨🇴❤

  • @johnwaterman8884
    @johnwaterman8884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Margie from usa. SO majestic and well maintained.

  • @HortiCouture
    @HortiCouture 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks! I find Sissinghurst very inspiring.

  • @JamesNathanielHolland
    @JamesNathanielHolland 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Very beautiful, reverent presentation of three incredible English gardens.

  • @SB_McCollum
    @SB_McCollum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nigel Nicolson died in 2004, I’m guessing this was filmed in the 1980s.

  • @Photographer26
    @Photographer26 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you!

  • @j.b.4340
    @j.b.4340 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish I had an imagination. I have a garden, and I have plants, but lack the vision.

  • @home-garden6355
    @home-garden6355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a wonderful garden.
    I want to go there ^^
    감사합니다~♡

  • @spanish_psychonaut
    @spanish_psychonaut ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the most english thing ever created.

  • @吳茉莉-q6i
    @吳茉莉-q6i 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🥰😘😍🤩🥳💜👍👏🙏

  • @edbtzk
    @edbtzk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so high right now.

  • @CCCC-tq8yo
    @CCCC-tq8yo ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm first forever

  • @PRADIER1
    @PRADIER1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ces jardins sont splendides !

  • @toodlesoops7761
    @toodlesoops7761 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you show the gardens when they are flowering? I love fuschia - however, none were flowering - just wondering

  • @shekariyekotob
    @shekariyekotob 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The appearance by Nigel Nicolson is at 46:10 and lasts about three minutes

  • @KyrstOak
    @KyrstOak 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:11 Did he say 'to support hayricks'?

  • @clarkkent4595
    @clarkkent4595 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Green gardens of england

  • @artbook4799
    @artbook4799 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful

  • @jazraag
    @jazraag 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    from all the LOOT from India and other kingdoms

    • @clairenoon4070
      @clairenoon4070 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eh??

    • @Not-Ap
      @Not-Ap ปีที่แล้ว

      At least it was put to good to use. The peacock throne didn't end up at the bottom of the ocean after all thankfully.

  • @lesliekendall5668
    @lesliekendall5668 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The definition of a National Trust:. When THEY can't pay their bills, their gov't buddies let them continue to live there while the taxpayers foot all the bills.

    • @clairenoon4070
      @clairenoon4070 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a total misunderstanding of what the The National Trust is! It's a registered charity; it has nothing to do with government.

    • @clairenoon4070
      @clairenoon4070 ปีที่แล้ว

      And therefore 'taxpayers' aren't paying anything.

    • @lesliekendall5668
      @lesliekendall5668 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@clairenoon4070 You think there's no upkeep to those mansions? The taxpayers are the tourist's fees that the bum house sitting families have to let in seasonally.

    • @clairenoon4070
      @clairenoon4070 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lesliekendall5668 What a bizarre definition of 'taxpayer'!
      If people choose to become members of the National Trust, or pay entrance fees to visit properties or gardens, or eat and drink in one of the cafes or restaurants whilst on a visit, or buy things in one of the shops (physical and online), or stay in one of their holiday cottages, or stay in one of their hotels, or go on any of their courses etc etc, the list goes on, that is entirely that; a choice. Nobody has to spend a single penny with the NT if they don't wish to.
      Your daft claim is like saying you buying a brand of shower gel is 'you as a taxpayer being forced to pay for something'.
      Also, in the earlier days of the NT, when some of these agreements were made, it was actually the reverse; families were expected to provide a massive lump-sum to the NT to provide an 'endowment' from which the interest would help towards the upkeep. The NT regularly walked away from properties that were offered to it by families if they felt the proposed endowment was insufficient.
      Further; many people who visit these properties like the idea that they are still family homes, albeit that the family will now live in a limited suite of rooms or separate apartment within the house, to enable the rest of the property to be shown.
      Further, given that the demographic most likely to be NT members or visitors are retired people, they are not taxpayers anyway!

    • @clairenoon4070
      @clairenoon4070 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lesliekendall5668 Oh, and the vast majority of NT properties DON'T have family living there.

  • @MrDaiseymay
    @MrDaiseymay 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Frankly, I'm not that impressed. The glowing build-up exceeds the reality too much. It all depends on the particular season, and light. I don't know when this was filmed, but it seems over exposed, and the colours weak. I saw this Garden some years ago on TV, it was far crisper and defined than here.