<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lucie-giraffejun15.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2674" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lucie-giraffejun15-225x300.jpg" alt="lucie-giraffe(jun15)" width="225" height="300" /></a>Having left the clouds behind us we found the weather changed in Yorkshire (Gods own country) the lovely weather promised was here. There was the customary U3A initial race to the cafe for refreshment.

<a href="http://www.burnbyhallgardens.com/" target="_blank">Burnby Hall Gardens</a> were well set out with a wonderful central lake around which paths led you into a variety of smaller gardens.The lake was particularly active as the large carp seemed to be in orgy mood, splashing around in the shallows competing for females. Lucie's, (featured with the giraffes) only criticism would be that the plants had no labels should you not know a specific tree or shrub, which we often did not..  A stroll around the museum giving the history of the Stewart Family who created the gardens then lunch with homemade cakes which did not disappoint we moved on to <a href="http://www.breezyknees.co.uk/" target="_blank">Breezy Knees</a>.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pink-cowparsleyjun15.jpg"><img class=" size-medium wp-image-2675 alignright" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pink-cowparsleyjun15-300x225.jpg" alt="pink-cowparsley(jun15)" width="300" height="225" /></a>A much larger but less mature gardens created from 1999 It covered some many acres so quite a walk around it traversing a field or two before you reached the first display garden.The plus point was the plants all had labels so we avidly made notes of the plants we would buy. The nursery at the end was comprehensive but sadly did not have the two plants we had set our minds on. I wanted the pink cow parsley looking plant in this photo for our trees. We then drowned our sorrows in the cafe just as the weather was calling it a day.