Archive for the 'Gardens' Category
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100 Photos 73 :: Pollination
16 Comments CherryPie on Apr 13th 2011
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100 Photos 72 :: Kitchen Gardens
Regular readers will know that I have been following the progress of the development of the walled garden at Attingham Park. I enjoy watching it progress over the seasons. I didn’t take any pictures during my recent visit because the cold winter had delayed planting, making the scene look quite bland.
On this occasion [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 12th 2011
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Revisiting Trees
The proposed visit to Attingham Park that I mentioned yesterday went ahead as planned.
The weather was perfect, we (my Mum and I) arrived just before a tour of the ‘Lady Berwick Garden’ was due to take place. It was an opportunity not to be missed.
Warden, Ron Iremonger took us on the short walk to the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 9th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Cage(d)
I see the cages, but not their caged occupants.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2011
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Secrecy begets tyranny.
Robert A. Heinlein
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
New Growth
My Mum mentioned recently that quite a few plants in her garden had not made it through the particularly cold winter. She was especially sad that the ones my Dad had bought that unsuspectingly (several weeks after the order) arrived on the day of his funeral seem not to have made it through the winter [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2011
