Archive for the 'Gardens' Category
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Leuven 2015
The Beehives & the Orchard
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 14th 2015
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Leuven 2015
The Sunken Garden & Victorian Greenhouse
11 Comments CherryPie on Aug 13th 2015
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Leuven 2015
The Botanical Garden – Leuven
Leuven is the home to Belgium’s oldest botanical garden.
In 1738 the University created this botanical garden for students of Medicine. Now the garden is used for scientific research as well as being a green oasis in the centre of the city for locals and visitors alike.
You will find an amazing collection of trees and shrubs [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 12th 2015
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Park Abbey – Vegetable Garden
Every abbey had a vegetable garden. The abbey’s gardeners grew a wide range of vegetables for the monastery kitchen such as onions, leeks and celery but also lesser-known vegetables such as winter radish, parsnip or spinach beet. The Parc Abbey was no different.
Up until the 16th century, important parts of the garden slope were planted [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2015
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Cupcakes and Lemonade – Part Two
By the time we arrived home after our Saturday jaunt, the weather had changed from sunshine to rain and the small cupcake enterprise was nowhere to be seen. Just after we entered the house Mr C realised his spectacles were missing and, upon checking found that they were not in the car. He phoned the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A human being is part of the whole, called by us “universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Aug 2nd 2015
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Sugnall Walled Garden Revisited
On Sunday (yesterday) we took my in-laws out for lunch to Sugnall walled garden. It was a belated fathers day trip due to us traveling home from our holidays on fathers day.
We found that Sugnall walled garden was completely transformed since our previous visit. Everything was in full bloom and the summer marquee was in [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2015
