We’ve been meaning to go to Riverhill Himalayan Gardens for a while now, and finally managed it today.

First task was to find a woodland path where Rocco could let off steam for a while:

It was quite a climb, but this eventually led to a viewpoint high on the hill:

After admiring The Weald for a while, we headed down to the maze:

It would have been too complicated to do this with Rocco, so we headed to the Azalia/Rhododendrum part of the garden:

Then into the walled garden, complete with water feature:

And the recently planted Wild Flower ‘Meadow’:

After a coffee break, I was amused by this sign outside the loo:

We then explored another woodland path on the way to the Fern Garden:

Where it was ferns everywhere – 200 species apparently, though most looked the same to me:

And an ancient Wisteria:

On the way back, we saw an unusual Monkey Puzzle Tree:

A nice morning out, followed by a giant lunch at the Five Bells, Chelsfield: