The farm where our rose workshop is situated is located in a beautiful setting between the Surrey Hills and the South Downs soon-to-be-National-Park with amazing views from the top of the farm beyond the pick-your-own area.

Durleigh Marsh Farm grows Asparagus for cutting in May and June each year along with many different vegetables but soft fruit is a speciality and there is always an abundance of blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, redcurrents, white currents, blackcurrents, plums, greengages and gooseberries. If you're interested in making your own jams and chutneys (as I am!)then it's paradise here in August!

Workload permitting we sometimes go for a circular walk around some of the footpaths on the farm at lunchtime and last week on just such a walk I took some photos to share with you...

Up the tree lined footpath to the top of the hill....

Views through the trees across the fields....

At the top of the farm the weather changes and the view over to the South Downs is quite dramatic....

The weather changes again as we come down the path past the blackberries.....

A heavy crop of Blackberries.....

On past the horses....

And finally, all refreshed from our walk, back to the workshop where freshly picked herbs and blackberries are ready for us to tie with roses into wonderful bouquets!