Archive for the tag 'Attingham Park'
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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 – Trees
This is such a perfect topic for a tree lover like me. I have so many photos to choose from. I settled with these three.
The first photo was taken in my garden last week as the sun was setting.
The other two were taken in Attingham Park in February last year. They remind me of [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2011
There have been times when looking up beneath the shelt’ring Trees, I could invest every leaf with Awe.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2010
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Is it Autumn or Winter?
Today I managed a short visit to Attingham Park, it was nice to have a few minutes away from my busy schedule. There was hardly anyone else around on the route that I took, just me and nature. I particularly wanted some pictures of the trees still laden with their autumn leaves next to the [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2010
