Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
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
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Heritage, Out & About
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
