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From the Attingham Park guide book:

One of the garden’s treasures is the bee house, one of only two known Regency bee houses in the country. It was originally sited in the orchard to encourage pollination of the fruit trees, but was relocated to the lawn south of the Walled Garden. No one is [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 18th 2012

8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 17th 2012

I invite you to join me at Vision and Verb, where you can find out more about one of my favourite places to visit when I want to spend a relaxing hour or two.

2 Comments CherryPie on Oct 29th 2011

Taking the first footstep with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed, I entered Paradise.
Book of the Arda Viraf (Circa 6th century)

17 Comments CherryPie on Oct 9th 2011

A good opportunity to post some flower pictures.
As if I needed an excuse

For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.

24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2011

Information on daffodils from the Attingham Park Estate:

Our wild flower daffodil is considered to be a native plant although it may have been introduced two thousand years ago by the Romans. In the late sixteenth century, John Gerard, the herbalist, regarded daffodils as growing throughout England. Today our wild daffodils only exist in [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2011

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