A good day - Savill Garden

Yesterday was horrible with a strong wind called "Storm Doris" that went on all day - people are calling it Doris Day.

Today I got out for a good walk. The mild weather has brought out all the spring bulbs - and more!

A huge camelia

Wall of flowers

 Today the gardeners were busy raking up twigs and sticks after the storm. I talked to one gardener who is always polite and talks to me - he said that three trees came down in Windsor Great Park - two birch and one pine. The pine has smaller roots than the hardwoods.



It's hard to believe this flowers in February

Hellbores "Moonshine" - very bright today

Savill Gardens - Botanical 2

I somehow missed out these pictures but some of them were taken around or in the temperate house. I've never really seen the point of the temperate house but I liked it yesterday.



Gunnera again - they specialise in this

 

Sculpures at the Savill Gardens

I am not a great photographer. I took these pictures with my phone because it has this great property; it stills the image and then takes a photo of it, which helps me because I seem to be very wobbly.

The sculptures were mainly rather twee and whimsical, and they are for sale, so if you like this sort of things you should go to the Savill gardens and go shopping this month. I'm going to post my favourites in another post.

 

I was trying to take a pic of the family reacting to the sculptures

Label for this sculpture

this is meant to be a heron I think

Happy! Saville Gardens - Botanical

Yesterday I decided it was a long time since I had been to the Savill Gardens and I would have a brisk walk around. To my surprise - I enjoyed it enormously and spent a good hour walking all over the place. I think it was due to the autumn morning light. It's subtle and golden. There were sculptures on display and I tried to photograph the best aspect of the ones I liked. There were also some flowers. With inspired planting, Dahlias look great at this time of year. This first picture shows the wonderful light. My next post with be the pictures of the sculptures.

Too much light, from wherever I stood.

Sculpture - belongs in the other post

Can't remember the name of it, but what fascinating forms!

Gunnera - Savill Gardens

The gunnera looked extraordinary when I took Mum to Savill Gardens yesterday. They have flowers on! I have never noticed these before and how very weird they look.

Aren't they fabulous?

New views of Virginia Water - Savill Gardens - the Cow Pond

On Thursday I went to VW in the mid afternoon and walked until dusk; I walked to the Savill Gardens and it was very beautiful, there are snowdrops among the black grasses, and crocuses are in bloom, and I walked to the Cow Pond, which I had never been to before. I am planning to walk in the Great Park next week.

The sun was very bright - outside the temperate house.

What do you know? It's willow, biomass!

The Hidden gardens

 



Cow Pond, evening - I was trying to get a shot of a Mandarin Duck but it wouldn't move into the sun!

 

The Cow Pond

Virginia Water, 5 pm