Autumn Days

 I haven't written a blog post since the beginning of September.  However, Mr P is able to drive again so we've been out-and-about locally.  I went to the library in the park the other day, changed some books and walked in the walled garden.  The weather has been wet and windy, but it was good to get out again.

There were still a lot of plants in flower in the rose garden and in the walled garden.

                                         

                                                                          hydrangeas

                                                                           

                                                                        climbing roses

                                                             

                                                               delphinium, cone flowers

                                                                   

                                                                           sunflowers

                                                             

                                                                             hollyhocks

dahlias 

The new entrance to the library is a little confusing, but it leads to the stable block café, the park, lake and the wild garden.

 

rowan tree berries in the wild garden

The boat which acts as a planter was full of  Autumn flowers and Michaelmas daisies.

.... and here are the Michaelmas daisies in our own garden

Here are the books I collected from the library, a children's book, an autobiography about someone who worked for the BBC (British Broadcasting Company), a picture history written by an historian and a novel set in Rome, Italy.

Our son came for a visit recently and brought us a pot of mixed plants, mainly ferns.

It was our great granddaughter's first birthday on Saturday.

On the way home we stopped to take photos of the crocheted topper on the post box because of the Autumn theme.  There were pumpkins, red-capped mushrooms and a quirky looking owl.

I hope you have a good week.  Thank you for coming by, 

Linda P

A Walk in the Park and Walled Garden

Roses in the rose gardens.

I took a walk in the park on Saturday just to get some exercise and visit the library before heading to the walled garden.  It was a relief to get outside as mainly I've been at home.

As you can see the area in front of the library consists of rose beds.  Our own roses in the garden are now in bloom. 

Irises are doing well in the walled garden.

Olive trees on either side of the gardeners' rest rooms are looking healthy.

The herbaceous area is full of plants that attract the butterflies.

The Woodland and Stumpery

There are yellow irises growing in the water by the woodland pond.

Above is the new library entrance with better facilities inside such as cloakrooms for disabled visitors.

Across from the Stable Block Café is the wooded park and lake.

The garden staff are growing wild flowers in a couple of nearby plots of land - mostly buttercups at the moment.  Hopefully other wild flowers will bloom soon.

The plants for sale stall is a popular area in the walled garden.

 The rhododendrons have masses of blooms at the entrance to the park.

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you're well and you're having a good day.

Our Week

Yesterday I went to the library in the park to get the library books I'd reserved and then walked to the lake and around the walled garden.  Trees are beginning to produce their lime green leaves and there's still a lot of colour in the walled garden.

The cherry blossom in the park is nearly over now.

Behind the walled garden there's the coach house stable café where people were sitting outside in the sunshine.

You can now get to the café entrance from the walled garden and its courtyard.  Here's a view from the rose garden.

At this time of the year the magnolia blossom is out and the greenery looks pretty against the blue sky.

There are flowering shrubs, (possibly a daphne shrub), polyanthuses and lots of bedding plants in different areas of the garden.

The glasshouses are still full of plants as we're still getting cold frosts at night.  Later on these bedding plants will be planted out in the walled garden.

Across the road from the park I couldn't resist taking photos of the shutters on the closed café, which I've shown you before.  Each season of the year has been painted on the window shutters and I wanted to take photos of the bluebells.

The cherry tree in our neighbours' garden attracts the birds. 

Our magnolia tree looks prettier now that the green leaves have appeared.

I'll probably write about the books I collected from the library on a future blog as I've only just started reading one of them.

Until next time,  have a good day!