Category: Gardens

  • Flowers In My Parents Garden — Fan Of… #225

    Flowers In My Parents Garden — Fan Of… #225

    Hi All ๐Ÿ‘‹ Feel free to join in this weekly challenge whenever you find yourself thinking, “I’m a fan ofโ€ฆ” (see below for how-to).

    Roses
    Roses

    This week’s Fan Of… is Flowers im my parents garden. Susan & I recently took a trip down to Pimperne in Dorset to visit my parents for a few days. Although it was almost half way through October, there was still a lot of colour & variety to enjoy in the autumn.

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  • Flower of the Day (FOTD) Challenge — Powder Puff Tree

    Flower of the Day (FOTD) Challenge — Powder Puff Tree

    Powder Puff Tree — Glasgow Botanic Gardens
    Powder Puff Tree — Glasgow Botanic Gardens
  • Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Kibble Palace Pt 2

    Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Kibble Palace Pt 2

    So here we are, No 3 in the Botanic Garden Series; following on from the Buildings and Grounds and Kibble Palace Pt 1. We now go into the main area, the largest of the Palace glass houses. The main glass house is an impressive building when seen from without and within, and has an exotic array of colourful flowers and ferns.

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  • Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Buildings and Grounds

    Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Buildings and Grounds

    Glasgow Botanic Gardens are well worth a visit, particularly if you like taking your camera for a day out. The variety of plant life within the glasshouses and outwith is fantastic. The only downside is that you can easily come away with a couple of hundred photos which are then hard to sift through. I definitely have way too many images for one blog so will share them over 2 or 3. This first blog covers the buildings and grounds themselves; the next post will go inside the Kibble Palace.

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