Yorkshire
Photo essay: Sheffield Botanical Gardens – late October autumn visit
After visiting at the beginning of October, we returned to the Sheffield Botanical Gardens at the end of October to have a wander and see how some of the autumn colours were coming along. It was a very cloudy day, …
Photo essay: Sheffield Botanical Gardens in Autumn 2015
The clear blue skies and warm autumn sun called to us and it said: visit the Sheffield Botanical Gardens, have lunch and walk around and enjoy the sun and changing seasons. Well, when you put it like that… The …
Garden visit: Helmsley Walled Garden
Helmsley Walled Garden, view from the perennial meadow It’s hard not to be attracted to the romance of a walled garden and on a recent holiday to the North York Moors I visited two, this one, Helmsley Walled Garden, and …
Garden visit: Burton Agnes Walled Garden
It’s hard to resist a walled garden. Well, I cannot, anyway. Just the idea of a walled garden, a place of adventure and beauty. All very ‘Secret Garden‘. Kevin & I wanted a day out, Kevin wanted to visit the …
Garden visit: Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens
It was Easter holidays, my friend Manishta was visiting from Oxford, and it was sunny: a perfect combination for garden visiting. My choice was Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, which lies just south of York. I follow Stillingfleet on Twitter @SLGardens and …
Attractive and functional plant supports
On my recent visit to RHS Harlow Carr, as well as some beautiful alpines and winter flower plantings, they also had a wonderful selection of plant supports in their kitchen garden. Here is a few that I loved for being …
Garden visit: RHS Harlow Carr (photo essay)
It’s probably not the best way to start a blogpost, being negative, but here I go… When I visited RHS Harlow Carr several years ago (possibly more than 10 years ago), I remember coming away disappointed. It was mid-April and …
Winter light on sculpture: a winter visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Kevin & I decided to make the most of the amazingly beautiful winter weather today and enjoy it, because tomorrow the bad weather hits again. We have been meaning to visit Yorkshire Sculpture Park since we moved to Sheffield and …