What is the best fence for keeping deer out of my garden? and Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex, UK | Vibrant colors from amazing azaleas line a woodland path in Spring (1 of 23)

What is the best fence for keeping deer out of my garden?

I have problems enough with the coon and shrew but now the deer are into the garden. What is the best vegetable garden protection people have found?


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Answer by bert_beer
Spray the perimeter of the garden with Wd-40 -
there are also some effective deer repellents that you can buy

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Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex, UK | Vibrant colors from amazing azaleas line a woodland path in Spring (1 of 23)


Leonardslee Gardens: Woodland Walks

For a few weeks in May of each year, Leonardslee Gardens in West Sussex, UK, erupt into a spectacular display of the most amazing color combinations of flowering rhododendrons and azaleas. The green, wooded valley gardens then turn into a place of vibrant, kaleidoscopic colors and breath-taking beauty. Filled with the scent of the massed azalea plantings the whole area becomes a forest paradise. Visitors have often described its awesome natural colors, beauty and tranquility as being like 'heaven on earth'.

This photograph shows the awesome color combinations from the massed plantings of yellow, pink, magenta and red azaleas contrasted against a green background of a woodland path at Leonardslee.

For many years, tens of thousands of visitors have enjoyed the picture-postcard and calendar photo qualities of this Grade 1 historic garden. Unfortunately, the gardens are now closed to the public as they have been sold to an international businessman.

Details: Leonardslee Gardens is a truly outstanding English landscape garden having a Grade 1 Historic Garden status (English Heritage Register). It covers about 240 acres (97 Hectares) in a wooded valley, contains seven lakes and is extensively planted with azaleas, ancient rhododendrons (some well over 100 years old), acers and camellias - all with a delightful under planting of bluebells in spring.

The great Victorian plant collector, Sir Edmund Loder (who gave his name to the large flowered and scented Loderi Rhododendron Hybrids) purchased the estate in 1889 and planted large numbers of Rhododendrons there. Sir Giles Loder later planted an extensive collection of camellias at Leonardslee. The estate remained in the hands of five generations of the Loder family until 2010 when it was sold to an international businessman. However, the Loder Rhododendron nursery was not sold and is still in business.

Location: Leonardslee Gardens, Lower Beeding, Horsham, West Sussex, England, RH13 6PP, UK. UK Map references: OSGB36 Grid ref:: TQ220259: Map tile ref: TQ22NW40

Links: A more detailed history of Leonardslee Gardens is available on Wikipedia. Leonardslee nursery is still run by Chris Loder and his website contains useful information on Rhododendron Loderi, its varieties and hybrids.

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