A couple of these views are similar to photos I took in my 2009 visit. I am pleased with the way my new camera captures the sky and details in comparison to my previous camera (which I still use).
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Floors Castle – The Millenium Parterre
To celebrate the millennium, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe commissioned the construction of an ornamental parterre on the Queen’s lawn by Floors Castle.
I found it a little disappointing that provisions haven’t been made to view the whole design of the garden from a higher viewpoint.
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 30th 2011
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Flodden – Revisited
The Flodden battle site is very close to where I stay when I visit Northumberland. My previous visits have always been in September and I was curious to see how the land looked in a different season.
I have a series of posts about the battle which can be found here along with some of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2011
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Alnwick Garden – Last Glimpse
Before we move on, I share a last few pictures of the Serpent Garden.
11 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2011
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Alnwick Garden – Torricelli
Torricelli is another water feature in the Serpent Garden. The water slowly creeps up the tubes and eventually bursts out in a cascade of fountains which slowly diminish. Kids are fascinated by this one and love to explore the feature first hand
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 21st 2011
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Alnwick Garden – The Serpent Garden
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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Alnwick Garden – The Poison Garden
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
