There was no speaker at the meeting of Kendal Rotary Club on 24th July, but following the lunch and business meeting, the members went to ‘Holehird’ to visit the Gardens. Holehird Gardens is a 10 acre fellside garden, managed by the Lakeland Horticultural Society and is an award winning RHS Partner Garden. With views over Lake Windermere and the Lakeland fells, it has a Walled Garden with herbaceous borders and island beds, spring bulbs, autumn colours, collections of rhododendrons, hydrangeas, alpines and six National Plant Collections.