The Orangery, built to overwinter citrus fruits, is simply furnished with pots and containers and provides cool felief on hot summer days. The oranges are moved outside once fear of frost is past. The exterior walls are festooned with yellow Bankstian rose and buff ‘Gloire de Dijon’, passion flowers and tubular flowered eccremocarpus. [...]
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PhotoHunt – Sturdy
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Nature’s Perfection…
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The Aviary Terrace
The eighteenth-century lead urns and shepherds on the Aviary Terrace are from the workshop of the Flemish sculptor John van Nost. The statues have been restored and painted with a finish resembling weathered lead although they were probably originally painted in more life-like colours.
11 Comments CherryPie on Apr 10th 2012
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Hercules and the Hydra
This lead statue of Hercules fighting a stone headed hydra with a wooden club stands at the east end of the top terrace of Powis Castle garden.
The fine statues at Powis were made in the workshop of Flemish John van Nost at the time the terraces were being created. The Hercules is signed by Andries [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Apr 7th 2012
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PhotoHunt – Awesome
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23 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2012
