Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart – a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water – I accept with joy.
Bhagavad Gita
Archive for May, 2015
12 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2015
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Bodnant Garden
Bodnant Garden is famous for its laburnum arch which should be coming into full fruition any time now, although the cold weather has delayed the development of the flowers this year. So it is appropriate that I share some photos of the arch and the garden from my visit in 2010.
Marvel at plants from [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 23rd 2015
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Westonbury Mill Water Gardens
A short walk in the Garden
You enter the garden by a bridge over the Curl Brook and meet the Stone Tower where water is raised from the stream by an antique water wheel supplying the water which spouts from the gargoyles at the top. It is also home to a flock of white doves.
The Bog [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on May 22nd 2015
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Dudmaston Estate
Enchanted wooded parkland, sweeping gardens and a house with a surprise, Dudmaston is something unexpected in the Shropshire countryside. A much loved home for over 875 years you will find the family rooms scattered with photos and perhaps an odd pair of shoes or two peeping out from under a table. The unexpected galleries create [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on May 21st 2015
Whilst reading about the artist Bob Murray I was reminded of my visit to The Museum of Steel Sculpture in 2012. The sculptures were dotted around a 10 acre woodland site in Coalbrookdale. On arrival we were greeted by Pam, the co-founder of the museum as we gave her the nominal museum entrance fee. The sculptures [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2015
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The Severn Valley Railway…
…from Arley Arboretum
Arley Station
Out in the leafy Worcestershire countryside, Arley is a lovely place for picnic, either the station, where there are a number of excellent spots, or by the river which is just 200 metres down the lane. A footbridge will take you over the river to the village and, after a short walk, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2015
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Sugnall Walled Garden
Sugnall Walled Garden has been painstakingly restored by the owners of Sugnall Hall, the Jacques family.
It is now back to its former splendour as a four quadrant, two acre walled garden.
Walled gardens are a uniquely English concept and were built to grow fruit and vegetables; the high walls created a warmer micro-climate, which extended the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 18th 2015
