I’d be most remiss if I didn’t mention the sculptures there on display. There are quite a few, plus other ornaments. It really does add to the gardens.
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Winter Visit to Cloudehill 4
Looking at more of what is on display at the Cloudehill Gardens currently. There are two beautiful Japanese weeping maples and these were apparently planted in the 1920s. So they are of quite an age! This is one of them. And here are a couple more images from there.
Winter Visit to Cloudehill Gardens 3
It might be winter but there are still interesting things to see on display in the gardens. I never found out what these are: This is holly. I’m told that it’s a weed or pest in this area but I’d not seen it before and thought it looked lovely. It’s something often seen on Christmas…
Winter Visit to Cloudehill Gardens 2
Still on the same topic. I love the architecture and pathways in this place. It’s so beautifully done. It’s created on a 3.3ha property and used to be a flower farm we learnt while listening to the owner. I’d love to put pathways on some of our property and do ‘rooms’ of plants. In the…
Little fairies dancing on my lawn
Actually they were Superb Fairy-wrens (also known as Superior Fairy-wren). A whole family of them darting here and there, and enjoying the sunshine in the crisp cool air, a sunny winter’s morning. Dad was around in his bright blue plumage but I couldn’t get him and two juniors were turning the blue colour too. However,…