Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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The garden is named the serpent garden due to the topiary that snakes it’s way through this garden feature:
A topiary serpent in holly snakes through the watery Serpent Garden, revealing a different water sculpture hidden in each of its coils.
The water sculptures have been created by William Pye, one of the world’s leading [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2011
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The poison garden tour is always fascinating, you get to learn different things on each visit. On this visit I learned that laurel which is a common garden plant is capable of releasing cyanide gas which can prove fatal!
The Garden features many plants grown unwittingly in back gardens, and those that grow in the [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2011
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“Only dead fish swim with the stream”
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The first time I visited the Alnwick Garden I loved this quote and found it quite profound. It is a Buddhist quote and it reflects what the Duchess was trying to achieve with her garden. The stone with the quote can be found on the way into the Bamboo [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 18th 2011
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For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
22 Comments CherryPie on Jul 16th 2011
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This is the first time I have visited the Rose Garden when it is in full bloom, it was worth the wait. It is filled with David Austin roses, so it is a little bit like home from home for me although I have to confess that I have never visited David Austin Roses… [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2011
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Before we leave the ornamental garden and move onto one of the other garden features I will share some of the garden colours with you.
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2011
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When I visit Alnwick Garden, my first port of call in the Ornamental Garden. This is reached by walking up past the Grand Cascade. I found that the garden is more colourful in September, but there were a lot of pretty greens on this visit.
Tomorrow I will show you some of the colourful flowers [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 12th 2011
