Princes Street Gardens is a public park in the centre of Edinburgh and the first place we headed after booking into our hotel in order to stretch our legs after a long car journey.
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Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
Categories: Edinburgh, Scotland
Tags: clock, Edinburgh, Edinburgh castle, floral clock, flower clock, flowers, gardens, photo post, Princes Street Gardens
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The Alnwick Garden
We had assumed when booking a combined ticket for Alnwick Castle and garden, that the gardens were part of the castle, but in fact they are also an attraction in their own right and a registered charity created by the Duchess of Northumberland.
Categories: Alnwick, England, Northumberland
Tags: Alnwick, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Garden, Beauty and the Beast, butterfly, flowers, gardens, photo post, robin, The Frog Prince
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Paycocke’s House and Garden
Paycocke’s House and Garden is a National Trust property in Coggeshall, Essex. The house was built in 1509 by Thomas Paycocke, a wealthy cloth merchant, one of the richest men in Coggeshall. The wool Paycocke produced, known as Coggeshall white, was said to be one of the best cloths in the country.
Categories: Coggeshall, England, Essex
Tags: Coggeshall, flowers, garden, Paycocke House and Gardens, photo post, stained glass, Thomas Paycocke
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Charlecote Park
Charlecote Park is an impressive 16th century National Trust property on the banks of the River Avon in Warwickshire. Not only are the interiors beautifully decorated, but it is surrounded by a deer park where we were fortunate to get quite close to the deer, and the River Avon is literally on its door step.
Categories: England, Warwickshire
Tags: charlecote park, deer, deer park, Elizabeth I, flowers, garden, national trust, park, stained glass, statue, william shakespeare
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Hardwick Hall: Estate and Gardens
On a sunny day last year we headed to Derbyshire and Hardwick Hall, a stunning Elizabethan house built by Elizabeth Shrewsbury, best known as Bess of Hardwick. Rather than explore the house on this visit we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and go on some of the walks around the Estate and the gardens, which did however bring us close enough to admire the Hall.
Categories: Derbyshire, England
Tags: bee, Bess of Hardwick, butterfly, cabbage, estate, flowers, grounds, Hardwick Hall, marrow, national trust, park, sheep, statue, walk
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Trentham Gardens
On the same day we visited the Monkey Forest we headed next door to Trentham Gardens. Examining a map beforehand we decided to walk around the mile long Trentham Lake, designed by Capability Brown, stopping off to also visit the ruins of Trentham Hall and the Italian Gardens.
Categories: England, Staffordshire
Tags: capability brown, fairy, flowers, gardens, Hygieia, lake, Medusa, Perseus, photo post, statue, swan, trentham gardens, white swan, wood sculptures
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Bressingham Steam and Gardens: The Gardens
Whilst visiting the Bressingham Steam Museum we also visited the gardens which are next to it. There are six distinct gardens laid out over 17 acres, and as such were much more impressive than we had expected.
Categories: England, Norfolk
Tags: Bressingham Gardens, butterfly, flowers, gardens, photo post, pond, rabbit
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Ryton Organic Gardens
On a spectacularly sunny day in June a friend and I travelled to Ryton Organic Gardens, near Coventry. She’d heard about the gardens because of the on site vegetarian/vegan café and we thought it would make for a good day out.
Categories: England, Warwickshire
Tags: flower, flowers, food, gardens, photo post, ryton organic gardens
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Nottingham Floral Trail 2015
On one of our sunnier June days I decided to take photos of all the wicker sculptures that make up this year’s floral trail, organised by Nottingham City Council’s Nottingham in Bloom Team and the Nottingham Business Improvement District.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: flowers, nottingham, nottingham floral trail 2015, photo post, sculpture, wicker sculpture
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